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  • Democracy In Athens
    507 BCE

    Democracy In Athens

    Democracy developed in the city of Polis, this was the first time democracy was seen in the world. Other parts of the world started to run a democracy.
  • The Roman Senate votes to give extraordinary (dictatorial) powers to Octavian who then adopts the name Augustus, essentially ending the Roman Republic - democracy vanishes for centuries
    44 BCE

    The Roman Senate votes to give extraordinary (dictatorial) powers to Octavian who then adopts the name Augustus, essentially ending the Roman Republic - democracy vanishes for centuries

    ends the roman republic
  • John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government outlining some liberal political ideals

    John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government outlining some liberal political ideals

    he made two treaties in the government
  • 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

    wrote the spirit of laws
  • Benjamin Franklin writes to James Parker.

    Benjamin Franklin writes to James Parker.

    Benjamin Franklin writes to James Parker about the organization of the Haudenosaunee
  • US is about to become a republic

    US is about to become a republic

    there was a meeting held and the declaration of independence was passed and they would be now under the British crown
  • BNA Act

    BNA Act

    Canada becomes a country.

  • Canada's Federal Government Uses The Secret Ballot

    BC was first to use the secret ballot in their legislative and the federal government of canada soon followed.
  • Lenin dies, opening the door for Stalin to take power in the USSR (leading to a ruthless dictatorship)

    Lenin dies, opening the door for Stalin to take power in the USSR (leading to a ruthless dictatorship)

    Lenin Dies
  • Person's Case

    Person's Case

    Women got equal rights in voting. But they still could not participate in government.
  • Hitler passes the Enabling Act, moving Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship

    Hitler passes the Enabling Act, moving Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship

    Hitler becomes the dictator of Germany
  • World War II ends, which also ends American-Soviet cooperation

    World War II ends, which also ends American-Soviet cooperation

    the war ends
  • Berlin blockade and consequent airlift increases tensions

    Berlin blockade and consequent airlift increases tensions

    transporting goods for the war was not possible anymore
  • Truman establishes the Marshall Plan to contain communist expansion (policy of containment)

    Truman establishes the Marshall Plan to contain communist expansion (policy of containment)

    wants to keep communism expanding
  • Creation of the Warsaw Pact as a response to NATO through collective security

    Creation of the Warsaw Pact as a response to NATO through collective security

    communist expansion was prospected
  • Creation of NATO to deter any aggression from the Soviet bloc

    Creation of NATO to deter any aggression from the Soviet bloc

    NATO was created
  • Korean War begins after the USSR fails to show up for a veto in the UN, starting the first proxy war

    Korean War begins after the USSR fails to show up for a veto in the UN, starting the first proxy war

    korean war breaks out
  • Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence

    Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence

    trys to reduce the hostility with in the two powers
  • The Hungarian Uprising demonstrates that the Warsaw Pact is not ideologically unified, but this liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw Pact forces

    The Hungarian Uprising demonstrates that the Warsaw Pact is not ideologically unified, but this liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw Pact forces

    uprising in Hungary
  • Berlin Wall is built to prevent further Western expansion in the region

    Berlin Wall is built to prevent further Western expansion in the region

    the berlin wall was built
  • Cuban Missile Crisis almost leads to a nuclear war between the superpowers due to brinkmanship

    Cuban Missile Crisis almost leads to a nuclear war between the superpowers due to brinkmanship

    almost made the cold war become a nuclear war
  • The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is signed

    The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is signed

  • The Prague Spring ends when the Soviet Union invades, followed by the Brezhnev Doctrine

    The Prague Spring ends when the Soviet Union invades, followed by the Brezhnev Doctrine

  • Helsinki Accords provide a degree of détente during the Cold War

    Helsinki Accords provide a degree of détente during the Cold War

    helped to end the cold war
  • Vietnam War ends, demonstrating the failure of containment and the Domino Theory

    Vietnam War ends, demonstrating the failure of containment and the Domino Theory

    Vietnam war comes to an end
  • The Soweto Uprisings in South Africa protest the majority tyranny laws that prevented Black students from getting an education in their preferred language under the Apartheid rules; some students are killed by police.

    The Soweto Uprisings in South Africa protest the majority tyranny laws that prevented Black students from getting an education in their preferred language under the Apartheid rules; some students are killed by police.

    schools started a protest
  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan leads to an increase of hostilities

    Soviet invasion of Afghanistan leads to an increase of hostilities

    soviets invade Afghanistan
  • Solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland

    Solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland

  • First Nations peoples in Canada are granted suffrage

    First Nations peoples in Canada are granted suffrage

    First naitons peoples are now able to vote in all levels of goernment
  • Reform Party Of Canada

    Reform Party Of Canada

    Was a right wing political party. The Triple E Senate was to have the senators elected. The three E's stand for equal, elected, and effective.
  • Berlin Wall is torn down, a year later Germany is reunified

    Berlin Wall is torn down, a year later Germany is reunified

    berlin wall was torn down
  • START is signed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons being created as a form of deterrence

    START is signed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons being created as a form of deterrence

  • The Warsaw Pact is dissolved, with some members seeking to join NATO

    The Warsaw Pact is dissolved, with some members seeking to join NATO

  • The Soviet Union ceases to exist, effectively ending the Cold War

    The Soviet Union ceases to exist, effectively ending the Cold War

    ended the cold war
  • Charlottetown Accord

    Charlottetown Accord

    The referendum gave the first nation people special rights along with the french speaking people of canada.
  • George W. Bush wins his first term as president of the United States without winning a majority of the votes due to the US electoral college system.

    George W. Bush wins his first term as president of the United States without winning a majority of the votes due to the US electoral college system.

    bush wins his first term as president
  • The Harper Government passes Bill C-16, An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act, which brings in fixed date elections to Canada’s federal electoral system

    The Harper Government passes Bill C-16, An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act, which brings in fixed date elections to Canada’s federal electoral system

    harper brings up the new bill for the first reading
  • President Mugabe of Zimbabwe blames the UK for the cholera outbreak in his country, thus making the UK a scapegoat for the problems being faced in his country.

    President Mugabe of Zimbabwe blames the UK for the cholera outbreak in his country, thus making the UK a scapegoat for the problems being faced in his country.

    scapegoating for a virus in the country