Which statements accurately describe northern italian renaissance city-states?

choose all answers that are correct.

a.
many italian city-states of the renaissance were republics.

b.
many city-states chose to merge in order to protect their borders.

c.
city-states were independently ruled cities and the land around them.

d.
leadership of the city-states was based on heredity

Apoet can make powerful, but subtle statements a) overstatement b) irony c) paradox d) understatement

What refers to the division of power among the three branches of government

John locke viewed the social contract as a choice or "consent of the governed", where the people possess the power to change government. how did thomas hobbes see the social contract? man is born in chains, but can be set free through good deeds. man is born happy, but becomes more miserable as he ages. man is born poor, but can rely on other individuals for security. man is born selfish, but can give up some freedom in return for security provided by the government.