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Democracy or government by the people was first used in Athens, Greece. This influences Canadian democracy, as it's the first recorded democracy system although, our democracy is different from Ancient Greece as they used direct democracy, and we use indirect democracy. -
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Rome transitions from a Republic to an Empire, removing democracy and instead, has an emperor. This influences Canadian democracy because the Roman Empire removed democracy, and it would not be reused for a very long time.
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Parliament is the legislative body of the United Kingdom and is the primary law making institution in Great Britain Constitutional Monarchy. British Parliament is important to Canada and its democracy because a lot of Canadian democracy is modelled after British democracy and how their Parliament runs. -
Magna Carta Libertatum, commonly referred to as the Magna Carta, is a royal Charter of Rights agreed upon by King John of England on June 15th, 1215. From my understanding, the Magna Carta sounds like the first version of the Rights and Freedoms written down for citizens of a democracy. The Magna Carta influences Canadian democracy by being one of the first Declaration of Rights and Freedoms. -
Iroquois Confederacy or the Haudenosaunee Confederacy is made up of six different nations and can be considered the oldest democracy. This applies to Canadian democracy because it takes place on land along Lake Ontario. As well, their system of democracy is still running to this day. -
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Thomas Hobbes was a famous philosopher, whose most famous philosophy would be that humans are innately selfish and evil. This relates to Canadian democracy because Hobbes' many political philosophies provided a critique of democracy based on the idea of all humans being innately selfish, democracy should not be successful. Canada had to work to prove this statement false.
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The Divine Right of Kings is the belief the kings got their orders directly from God and therefore cannot be held accountable for their actions. By 1789, after both the French and Amaracin revolution, the Divine Right of Kings lost most of its credibility. Canadian democracy shows how we have shifted away from having religion tied in with government, as they are now two separate entities.
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John Locke was a famous philosopher, whose most famous philosophy was that humans were innately good and kind. John Locke relates to Canadian democracy because his philosophies could support the argument of democracy stating that people are innately good and not selfish, both of which are traits needed for a proper functioning democracy.
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Revolutionary ideas such as the American Revolution and French Revolution are part of the reason that our society has become so developed and includes so many forms of democracy. The people rose up because they did not like what was happening. They wanted a choice and political power. Revolutionary ideas are important in Canadian democracy because different revolutions lead to advances in our societies, these in particular led to downfalls of the monarchy's power.
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Social revolutions are important because they allow our society to change for the better. Having better personal rights and systems to protect people in case of economy crashes or systems failures. Social revolutions have and continue to impact Canada and its democracy. In the 1920s and 60s this was obvious but still now we see things worth fighting for such as equal rights for indigenous people, women and other minority groups to successfully hold positions of power and have basic needs meet.