The United States won its freedom from Great Britain in the American Revolution. The Founding Fathers then wrote a new constitution. Why did they decide the new government should be a democracy?
A.
They believed the president should have total control of the government.
B.
They wanted to limit the power of the people in government.
C.
They thought the states should not be able to rule themselves.
D.
They did not like how the British government had unlimited power.