For Britain and France to respect American rights during the Napoleonic wars, but in the end it hurt Americans more than Britain and france so Thomas Jefferson replaced the embargo act with a non-intercourse act.
Citizen participation in Ancient Athens differs from that in
the United States in that the Greeks had direct democracy and effectively
direct participation of people in government whereas the United States has
representative democracy. This means that citizens vote for people that make
the decisions in government
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