It is true that they had the different types of rule as the Italian city-states have always been very self-suficient in a way (mostly politically not so much economically). This lead to a system or method called autonamy where each city-state more or less had the right for self-government. This also depended on the area of life we're referring to.
Answer: i think its the second one
Explanation: because most of the Cherokee Indians died on the trail of tears
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