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The Roman Empire was a political system in which a group of people are ruled by a single individual, an emperor or empress. Roman law had a significant influence over the modern-day laws of many countries. Legal ideas like trial by jury, civil rights, contracts, personal property, legal wills, and corporations all were influenced by Roman law and the Roman way of looking at things. -
The Greek idea of democracy was different from present-day democracy because, in Athens, all adult citizens were required to take an active part in the government. So the Canadian government took the idea of democracy and kind of changed it a bit too their liking while keeping the name. -
Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. Related to the rule of law, Magna Carta forbade illegal imprisonment, and required a fair justice system that followed the due process of law. -
Kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament. -
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, scientist, and historian best known for his political philosophy, especially as articulated in his masterpiece Leviathan (1651). His enduring contribution was as a political philosopher who justified wide-ranging government powers on the basis of the self-interested consent of citizens. -
John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist who was born in 1632 in Wrington. Locke presents his case for what we would call modern liberal democracy. He created the modern emphasis on constitutionalism that defines, in part, the relationship between the political system and the bureaucracy. -
It was the 5 (later 6) first nations tribes created by the government. This affected Canada because it was the first collection pf modern tribes actually worked. -
The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America. In 1775, American anger over taxation and British attempts to limit western settlement exploded into revolution. Within months American Rebels invaded Canada to secure their northern frontier. -
The Parliament, which is made up of all representatives together, controls and guides the government. The British North America Act, 1867, was passed by the British Parliament on March 29 and came into force on July 1 The Confederation of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec created the Dominion of Canada. -
Social revolutions are typically conceived as transformative historical events that fundamentally change the social structures of society. I believe these helped the canadian government create laws and taxes to help prevent another social revolution.