As a political philosophy, how did republicanism compare to the system that prevailed in Great Britain?

Well, we know that Republicanism is the revolutionary idea that the people could define and limit government power through written constitutions. To the people it meant that legitimate political authority derives from the people . The people are sovereign and should elected the officials who govern them: officials should represent the people's interests. From there, I guess you know that the British government was a lot different.

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the answer is the government.