Why was it important for citizens to participate in the Assembly? to have a say in the creation of rules
to select leaders to run the government
to have enough people available for a fair jury
to ensure that enough people were in the army

Sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532. i found this information on wikipedia

The u.s. got world power