This statement represents George Washington dropping out of the 1796 election.
<span>The system of democratic government that began to develop in the first decade of the 5th century B.C. in the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was a direct, rather than representative, democracy, and every adult male citizen could participate. An assembly of citizens and a council, or boule, met on an almost weekly basis and was responsible for deciding upon the civic and foreign policy affairs of the city-state. Not only were Athens' citizens encouraged to participate in the assembly meetings, those who did not participate were often ridiculed for their lack of involvement.</span>
The main impact of the Anti-Federalists on the adoption of the US Constitution was that "<span>Their concern for preserving liberty led to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the ratified form of the Constitution," since they were worried that this new government would become tyrannical. </span>
They are based on nomadic Hunter-Gatherer societies.
