Which of the following does not accurately relate to the concept of republicanism that began to circulate in the colonies in the decade before the American revolution?
A) It balanced Locke's emphasis on individual rights with the innate good in people.
B) It included a sense of civic duty.
C) It argued that citizens had an obligation to practice public virtue and avoid moral and political corruption.
D) It considered factions that represented different groups would be the key to a truly representative government.
E) All of these choices

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Republicanism in the colonies before the American Revolution emphasized civic duty, public virtue, and the avoidance of corruption, but it did not advocate for factions as key to representative government. This idea of factions playing a central role in government is more closely associated with the Federalist Papers, particularly Federalist No. 10, written by James Madison after the revolution. Madison argued that a large republic could better control factions, a concept not inherent in pre-revolutionary republicanism.

Which of the Following Does Not Accurately Relate to the Concept