What was the historical reason for the separation of powers?
a) an attempt to prevent tyrannical control of a king
b) an effort to share the power with the people
c) an exercise in democratic voting rights
d) an example of roman law

Before the invention of the loom in 1785, textile manufacturing was: a) regulated under the guild system. b) performed by children working in factories. c) produced in rural cottages under a putting-out system. d) conducted by british colonists overseas.