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Greece, Athens
Around 500 BCE the Greek City-State Athens adopted Democracy and other City-States soon followed their model of a government run by the people. But there were requirements for a person to vote. -
Early Roman Republic
Around 509 BCE the Roman monarch was overthrown and the Roman Republic was founded -
End of the Roman Republic
27 BCE Roman Republic ends in civil war and is replaced by a triumverant and soon after the Roman Empire -
Magna Carta
in 1215 the Magna Carta was signed by King John of England, forced into doing so by English nobles after a uprising -
Age of enlightenment
1701 - 1804
ideas of democracy and voting rights were fundimental to the principles of many of this era's philosphers -
Corsican Republic
1755 - 1769
First Nation to allow universal Sufferage for all citizens over age 25 -
Foundation of the United States of America
July 4 1776
Founded as a Democratic Republic -
French Revolution
1789 - 1799
the french moncarchy is overthrown and is replaced by a short lived republic -
New Zealand
1893
New Zealand adopts unversal sufferage -
Iraq, first election after fall of Sadams Regime
January 2005
The Iraqi people were able to vote for a independent government
and the us military provided security
