Politics Timeline

  • 6000 BCE

    democracy develops in Athens

    democracy develops in Athens
  • 27 BCE

    democracy falls for hundreds of years

    democracy falls for hundreds of years
    the roman senate gives power to one man how becomes there leader.
  • John Locke

    John Locke
    he wrights the Two Treatises of government
  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu
    He wrights the Spirit of the laws
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    Wrights about the federal organization of the Haudenosaunee confederacy to James Parker.
  • adoption of the decleration of independence

    adoption of the decleration of independence
  • Creation of Canada

    Creation of Canada
    through the passage of the British north America act Canada is made
  • Canadas election

    Canadas election
    Canada holds the first election with the secret ballot.
  • death of lenin

    death of lenin
    The death of Lenin lead to the rise of Stalin as the leader of the USSR
  • The persons case

    The persons case
    the case that determined if women are in fact people who should have all rights
  • Hitler

    Hitler
    He passes the Enabling act transitioning Germany form a democracy to a dictatorship.
  • First nations people are granted suffrage

    First nations people are granted suffrage
  • Soweto protests

    Soweto protests
    Soweto protest in south Africa against the Majority Tyranny against black students. it turns deadly.
  • the reform party is created in Canada

    the reform party is created in Canada
  • Referendum on the Charlottetown accord

    Referendum on the Charlottetown accord
    the referendum would acknowledge rights for first nations people. fails to pass.
  • George W. bush wins first term as president

    George W. bush wins first term as president
    he wins without winning a majority.
  • Harper government passes bill C-16

    Harper government passes bill C-16
    bringing fix date elections to Canada
  • President Mugabe of Zimbabwe blames UK on cholera outbreak

    President Mugabe of Zimbabwe blames UK on cholera outbreak
    He blames them to scapegoat his country's problems.