Voltaire john locke baron de montesquieu jean-jacques rousseau which statement best describes a common theme shared by these philosophers of the enlightenment? a) they were all french. b) they were all british. c) they all believed in more limited governments. d) they all believed in a federal system of government.

D) They all believed in a federal system of government.

All of them suggested that the government would work better if shared into smaller versions of itself, for the greater good of the State.

The power to make political decisions must not be held by one specific, but divided, supporting a democratic system;

Sharing the power means that the problems would be driven to local issues, appealing to the 'Big Chief' - the Federal State. You see, small issues leads to small work, which leads to less expenditures...

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place