The correct answer is D.
According to the principle of the division of powers, in the US, the power of the state is splitted in three branches: legislative, executive and judiciary. Moreover, there is a system of Checks and Balances through which each of the powers supervises the other two to prevent that any of them gathers too much power as to overrule the others.
Within the system of Checks and Balances,<u> the judiciary branch has the power of judicial review, through which it can abolish laws and governmental policies, produced by the legislative and executive powers respectively,</u> if it considers that such actions are violating the US Constitution.
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Flourished, support for an all-powerful Catholic Church diminished.
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A government promoting the involvement of all men in government emerged in "Ancient Athens," since there was a system of "direct democracy" there in which all eligible citizens could vote directly on legislation.
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Geography caused some colonies to become centers of trade, and others to output huge amounts of crops. Geography controlled every detail of the colonies, as well as the rest of the world, and still does to this day. The Mid-Atlantic colonies used their large rivers, fertile soil and open plains for large scale farming.
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