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Ancient Greece exists and creates the very first form of democracy.
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Ancient Greece influences the idea that the power should come from the consent of the governed.
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The Roman Empire exists also being one of the first civilizations to practice a form of democracy.
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The Roman Empire influenced the idea of petition of right by allowing citizens to vote people in and out of representative positions.
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The Native American tribe of Iroquois forms an alliance to work towards a common goal.
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Magna Carta was written, limiting the power of the king in Great Britain.
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John Locke, an English philosopher introduces the idea that all human beings have natural rights.
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Montesquieu wrote that power should be divided by the three branches of government so not one part becomes to powerful.
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In his book, Common Sense, Thomas Paine reminded the American colonists that in a free republic “ the law is king”