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The authors of The Declaration of Independence were influenced by the ideas of direct democracy and republicanism, first put forth during which ancient civilizations? (5 points)

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The authors of the Declaration of Independent were greatly influenced by the Greeks, to a larger extent, and the Romans, to a lesser extent.

The Greeks formulated a system of direct democracy and were the developers of an early system of classical Republicanism.

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