Roman. Like Rome, we're a tripartite, three part, government. We have three branches, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, whereas Rome had Senate and the Assembly of Centuries (Legislative), Consuls (Executive), and Praetors (Judicial).
The Enlightenment Principles.
Democracy
The Enlightenment Principles.
the united states government is based on their ideas
our government is based on thier ideas
our government is based on thier ideas
The American Government is based off of the Roman Empire's government. the expression "do what the Romans do" is very appropriate for how many things the American Government has adopted as well.
Articles of Confederation
Popular sovereignty and Limited government
In Rome there was an obvious divide between the rich and poor, and they were represented by difference branches of government. In the US, the constitution states that everyone is equal before the law regardless of wealth. The Roman constitution had three branches: the legislative (based on the Athens democracy), the executive (based on the Spartan oligarchy) and the judidical (based on the previous monarchy) and the US constitution was a vast improvement on this.
My government is not based on a constitution, and while I am sure yours is, we can not provide you with an answer if you fail to tell us which country you live in.
The US government financed the US Civil War by issuing bonds and collecting tariffs. In addition, based on the option of avoiding the draft, citizens paid the US Treasury $300 to the government in lieu of serving in the military. At the end of the war, the government debt was about $8 Billion.