social By bdjh 27 BCE The roman senate gives Octavian dictatorial powers 5 BCE Democracy develops in Athens, Greece 1689 Two Treatises of government were written 1748 The spirit of the law 1751 Benjamin Franklin writes about the Iroquois Confederation 1776 Adoption of the declaration of independence in the USA 1867 Canada becomes a nation state 1874 First Canadian federal election 1920 Women gain rights 1924 Lenin dies, stalin takes over 1933 Hitler passes the Enabling Act 1976 The Soweto Uprisings protest the majority tyranny laws 1982 Canada grants suffrage to the First Nations 1987 The Triple E Senate 1992 The referendum on the Charlottetown Accord 2000 George Bush wins presidential election despite losing popular vote 2008 Zimbabwe uses UK as a scapegoat for all the problems in his country. 2017 Bill C-16 is passed
