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Why did city-states in the Delian League revolt against Athens?

They resented not having a say in the government.
They wanted to establish a representative democracy.
They feared that Athens could not protect them from Persia.
They worried that Athens would not stop an attack by Sparta.

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They resented not having a say in the government.

Athens gradually turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire: it imposed tributes, garrisons, and policies on member states and made decisions unilaterally. That loss of autonomy and political control provoked revolts.