It started out as a monarchy from 753 BC - 509 BC after the last king died Rome turned into a republic all the way from 509 BC - 27 BC and from 27 BC it turned from a republic all the way into a Empire from 27 BC - 476 AD. Long live the Empire!!<span />
Critics claimed political machines made government less fair because the machines : Ignored the spoils system
Not only that, political machines also make the special interest groups to be heard rather than the people
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Some people were against the purchase, they thought president jefferson overstepped his constitutional authority by buying it.
