The colonial leaders organized a convention to establish new rules for governing the United Statesin order to do this, they studied the political systems of ancient Greece and ancient Rome. Both ancient civilizations had a form of democracy where citizens had a voice as to how their nations would be run. During the 1700s, many of the countries that the American citizens immigrated from were run by monarchies or the wealthy elite . Citizens had no rights. The United States government had to be organized in a way in which the government did not have too much power and citizens would have rights to protect themselves. What did the leaders do before they created new laws? A. They researched the laws of other nations
B. They modeled the country after monarchies.
C. They organized government power