In a representative democracy, not everyone is a member of the government. in fact, relatively few people are. so how is a representative democracy different from an oligarchy? 30 points!

Oligarchies are different from the representative democracy because in the Oligarchy only a small group of people holds power for family ties, for positions of power, royalty or military control.

In a representative democracy, people vote for a representative that defends the same ideas as them and this person will be their representative for a certain time. The difference is that anyone who can be elected a representative, there is no need for a position of power or being a part of a family to become a representative.

i'd assume india mainly because of how isolated japan was.   plus it is a whole china away.

it was the first major victory for the colonists.