Which statement best describes a cause of class conflict in the Roman Republic?
In the Roman Republic, citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf.
In ancient Rome, citizens from all social classes could vote on rules and laws.
Patricians were only a small percentage of the population, but they held all the power.
Plebeians, who were the commoners, were farmers, shopkeepers, soldiers, and laborers.

Patricians were only a small percentage of the population, but they held all the power.

Explanation:

This answer choice best explains class divide by showing how the patricians held most of the power. This creates class conflict as the plebeians feel that they deserve more power and the aristocrats refuse to give up any power.

A is wrong, this would be not be a reason for class divide as all the classes in this scenario would have the same power.

B This suggests class equality if all the social classes could vote equally so its wrong.

D is wrong, it is a statement and more of an effect of class conflict instead of a cause.

from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.