What caused the need for direct democracy to the people

What caused the need for direct democracy to the people was the abuse of power the colonies were suffering from the Biritsh authorities.

Explanation:

The British government and the American colonists started experiencing friction towards each other mainly due to the taxes and laws the British had imposed on the colonies. They passed several acts on goods such as the Sugar, Tea and Stamp acts, and the Intolerable Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party protest. They took measures that violated the individual rights and liberty of the colonists. All these unfair and oppresive laws and regulations led the colonists to fight for their independence and democracy (the authority to be in charge of their own government). Encouraged by political ideas of the time, such as John Locke's view of government, the colonists went into war against the British (American Revolutionary War)

Answer:In direct democracy, people decide on policies without any intermediary. Depending on the particular system in use, direct democracy might entail passing executive decisions, the use of sortition, making laws, directly electing or dismissing officials, and conducting trials.