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Since its founding , the United States has relied on citizen participation to govern at the local , state , and national levels . This civic engagement ensures that representative democracy will continue to flourish and that people will continue to influence government . The right of citizens to participate in government is an important feature of democracy , and over the centuries many have fought to acquire and defend this right . During the American Revolution -LRB- 1775-1783 -RRB- , British colonists fought for the right to govern themselves .
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