- Which of the following choices best describes why the Founding Fathers decided that the United States should be a republic?
They believed they could control the people better with a republic.
They wanted the people to have power in the new government.
The colonists voted for a republic over a monarchy.
America had no royal family so they couldn't have a monarchy.
They wanted the people to have power in the new government.
The colonists voted for a republic over a monarchy.
America had no royal family so they couldn't have a monarchy.
