Which quote from the Declaration of Independence shows that the colonists were influenced by John Locke's idea of natural rights? "A decent respect...requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

"Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes."

"They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights."

"To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world."

(C) "They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights."

[content deleted] - user123802726recklesschicken

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