politics timeline

By kianajules
  • Democracy develops in Athens-
    507 BCE

    Democracy develops in Athens-

    Democracy: a form of government where the people have the right to decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so.
  • Roman Senate votes to give dictatorial powers to Octavian making democracy vanish for centuries-
    27 BCE

    Roman Senate votes to give dictatorial powers to Octavian making democracy vanish for centuries-

    Dictatorial: typical of a ruler with total power.
  • John Locke writes two treaties of government which outlined some liberal political ideals-

    John Locke writes two treaties of government which outlined some liberal political ideals-

    Liberal: a supporter of a political and social ideology that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
  • Montesquieu writes the spirit of the laws explaining the need for three branches of government-

    Montesquieu writes the spirit of the laws explaining the need for three branches of government-

    Three branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative.
  • Franklin writes to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy-

    Franklin writes to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy-

    Federal: having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.
  • Declaration of independence is adopted creating the u.s republic-

    Declaration of independence is adopted creating the u.s republic-

    Republic: A republic is a form of government in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
  • Canada is created through the B.N.A act, providing responsible government for former colonies-

    Canada is created through the B.N.A act, providing responsible government for former colonies-

    Responsible government: a government that is responsible to the people. It takes the form of a Cabinet that depends on the support of an elected assembly, rather than a monarch or their representatives
  • Canada holds first federal election with secret ballot-

    Canada holds first federal election with secret ballot-

    Secret ballot: a ballot in which votes are cast in secret.
  • Lenin dies, and Stalin takes power in the USSR-

    Lenin dies, and Stalin takes power in the USSR-

    Stalin: ruled the Soviet Union for more than two decades, instituting a reign of death and terror while modernizing Russia and helping to defeat Nazism.
  • Persons' case determines that women are in fact persons, and should have full rights-

    Persons' case determines that women are in fact persons, and should have full rights-

    Persons' case: a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided in 1929 that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada.
  • Hitler passes the enabling act-

    Hitler passes the enabling act-

    Enabling act: allowed the Reich government to issue laws without the consent of Germany's parliament, laying the foundation for the complete Nazification of German society.
  • First-nations people in Canada were granted suffrage-

    First-nations people in Canada were granted suffrage-

    Suffrage: the right to vote in public, and political elections
  • Soweto uprisings in South Africa protest the majority tyranny laws that prevented black students from getting an education in their preferred language-

    Soweto uprisings in South Africa protest the majority tyranny laws that prevented black students from getting an education in their preferred language-

    Majority tyranny: an inherent weakness to majority rule in which the majority of an electorate pursues exclusively its own objectives at the expense of those of the minority factions.
  • Reform party of Canada is established-

    Reform party of Canada is established-

    Triple E Senate: a proposed variation of reform to the current Canadian Senate, calling for senators to be elected to exercise effective powers in numbers equally representative of each province.
  • Referendum on Charlottetown Accord fails to pass-

    Referendum on Charlottetown Accord fails to pass-

    Referendum: a direct vote by the electorate on a particular proposal or issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative.
  • George W. Bush wins presidency without majority vote-

    George W. Bush wins presidency without majority vote-

    Electoral college:
    the number of electors each state gets is equal to its total number of Senators and Representatives in Congress. Each elector casts one vote following the general election.
  • Zimbabwe blames UK for cholera outbreak-

    Zimbabwe blames UK for cholera outbreak-

    Scapegoat: a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
  • Bill C-16 passed bringing fixed date elections-

    Bill C-16 passed bringing fixed date elections-

    Fixed date elections: so that elections occur on a more regular timeline and the date of a forthcoming election is publicly known.