In 1774, the First Continental Congress suggested that colonists boycott British goods to protest "<span>c. the Intolerable Acts," since it was clear that the colonists would no longer tolerate such taxation. </span>
For Montesquieu, despotism was one of the worst threats for a government. He pointed separation of powers as the best way to prevent it, in which legislative, executive and judicial power was excercised by different bodies of government, and these bodies were ruled by supreme law.
The system of checks and balances is very important for the U.S. government, since it was developed to assure that neither of the government's branches would empower too much. The writers of the U.S. Constitution developed a system that divides power between legislative, executive and judicial, and incorporates several limits and controls on the powers of every branch.
It would prob be Anne because that is the base point of the story. I dont know since I have not read it But I tried for you.
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-After promising Ionia, Persians supported construction of Spara military-->attacked Athenian coast
-430 BC- 1/3 Athens population & leader died of plague-->numbers=weakened, disorganized
-Serval Athenian allies joined Sparta-->lost power
