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POLITICS TIMELINE

  • Democracy develops in Athens, Greece
    482 BCE

    Democracy develops in Athens, Greece

  • DICTATORIAL
    27 BCE

    DICTATORIAL

    Ending the Roman Republic - democracy vanishes for centuries
  • TWO TREATIES OF GOVERNMENT

    TWO TREATIES OF GOVERNMENT

    John Locke, outlining some liberal political ideas
  • THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS

    THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS

    Montesquieu, explaining the need for 3 branches of government
  • FEDERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE CONFEDERACY

    FEDERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE CONFEDERACY

    Benjamin Franklin writes to James Parker
  • US Republic

    US Republic

    Declaration of Independence
  • RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT

    RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT

    British North American Act
  • SECRET BALLOT

    SECRET BALLOT

    Canada's first federal elections
  • JOSEPH STALIN

    JOSEPH STALIN

    Leader of USSR (Ruthless dictatorship)
  • PERSONS' CASE

    PERSONS' CASE

    Women should have full rights
  • ENABLING ACT

    ENABLING ACT

    Germany from democracy to dictatorship
  • SUFFRAGE

    SUFFRAGE

    First Nations
  • MAJORITY TYRANNY

    MAJORITY TYRANNY

    Prevented Black students from getting education
  • TRIPLE E SENATE

    TRIPLE E SENATE

    Reform Party Of Canada
  • REFERENDUM ON CHARLOTTE ACCORD

    REFERENDUM ON CHARLOTTE ACCORD

    Special Rights for First Nations and Franco phones failed to pass
  • ELECTORAL COLLEGE

    ELECTORAL COLLEGE

    George W. Bush wins first term as president
  • FIXED DATE ELECTIONS

    FIXED DATE ELECTIONS

    Harper Government passed Bill C-16 (Amend the Canada Elections Act)
  • SCAPEGOAT

    SCAPEGOAT

    President Mugabe blames the UK for the cholera outbreak in his country