<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>
A - to pay off the debts from the French and Indian War
The British Parliment felt they had the right to tax the colonies to pay off their war debts they had incurred during the Seven Years' War.
Tang Dynasty was able to strengthen China thru the efforts of its Tang Taizong and Empress Wu in which the former brought back China's government and the latter empowered women. The Song dynasty continued the good governance and elevated the military system thru systematized testing.
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1. The census is the US government’s largest peacetime operation. At its peak for the 2010 census, more than one million census workers counted roughly 310 million people in some 120 million households.
2. Since the first US census in 1790, certain segments of the population have been consistently under reported. They also often have a vested interest in avoiding the watchful eye of the government.
3. Traditionally, various agencies of the US government have backed away from aggressively pursuing and deporting illegal immigrants ahead of the official census count day. The Census Bureau allocated an additional $250 million for the 2010 census for advertising and outreach programs to help boost participation rates in the traditionally under reported groups.
