For Dictatorship, the second answer is incomplete, a dictator may obtain power not only through elections but by a military or institutional coup d'état, a civil war or a military intervention by a foreign power.
In a republic, power is held by those citizens that are able and government is a public matter (res publica in latin) to vote and the power comes from their vote during elections.
Do you have options? If not I can list a few:
Illegal drugs.
Illegal Weapons.
Illegal stuff.
Unregistered people.
Terrorists.
<span>During the fall of the Roman empire one half of the empire thrived. The western part of the roman empire fell. The eastern part of the roman empire was able to thrive for hundreds of years. The roman empire accepted christianity. That was one of their downfalls</span>
I think the answer is no (sorry if i am worng!)
Independence from Britain necessitates independence from Great Britain's rule and governing principles, of which monarchy and hereditary succession are two examples. In order for Americans to want to break free of Britain, they had to believe that Britain's rules and philosophies were unjust; otherwise, there would be no reason to become autonomous.
