Development of Democracy

  • 2000 BCE

    Monarchy

    Monarchy
    A. The person who was the leader was usually the king or queen they had the ruling power and they could make the decisions.
    B. Monarchy was when the Monarch got to rule everyone else.
    C. One reason Monarchy ended was because the aristocrats overthrew the Monarchs. It ended because the people didn't agree with one person ruling the country. If I were a citizen of Greece the I wouldn't want one person ruling our country.
    D. United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and many more.
  • 600 BCE

    Tyranny

    Tyranny
    A. The ruling power went to the hands of a dictator.
    B. Tyrants used many methods to rule others, such as improving the life of the pore and canceling the depths of struggling farmers.
    C. This government lost power because one of the two leaders were murdered, so the one leader left became very strict and people drove him out of power.
    D. Today tyranny government is used in the country's of Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Burma, North Korea and Zimbabwe.
  • 500 BCE

    Democracy

    Democracy
    A. The people had the ruling power in the government of democracy.
    B. Their method of democracy is letting the people vote and free men could run a day to day business.
    C. The government of democracy never came to an end.
    D. Countries around the world with democratic government are Asia, Europe, Africa, North America and South America.
  • Jan 23, 1000

    Oligarchy

    Oligarchy
    A. An oligarchy is ruled by a few amount of people. They were usually royal and rich.
    B. Oligarchy is ruled by a small group of people.
    C. Eventually, the poor turned against the leaders who promised to improve their lives. They used their soldiers to throw the oligarchy's out of power. They didn't feel that oligarchy government was right for their country.
    D. Some countries that have oligarchy governments include China, North Korea and Venezuela.