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Absolute Monarchy
during the middle ages the majority of european countries were a Monarchy. wich meant that Kings and Queens ruled over certain areas of land, or countries. KIng And Queens thought they were given their power directly from god, and for someone to question their authority was to question God. This was known as the Divine Right of Kings. In 1215 the king was forced to give up his divine right to make parliment. -
Jan 1, 700
Ancient Greece
The first democracy. Between 700 & 350 BC in the city of athens citizens were suposed to take roles in the affairs of their city. However the word citizen was only used to describe the males born in athens women and slaves were not considerd citezens. -
Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was a document that provided safeguards to the rights of citizens and was the begining of our parliamary democracy. this was foced to be signed by king John. -
American revolution
The American revolution in 1775 - 1781 created the first real democracy. Americans had the power to vote and powers of the government were restricted so that no one part could abuse their power. -
French revolution
like the American revolution before ir, it wa started with the intentions of democracy but people started to go to extreme measures to get what they wanted. The quillotine was an execution used to eliminate enemys. their leader was a military dictator known as Napoleon who then tried to conqure europe. -
World War 1 & World War 2
The world wars 1&2 both were based on nationalism WW2 more so than its predecessor. All sides were competing for who was the better country. the result was a bloodbath that no one really did win. -
Communism (USSR)
A totalitarian governmental state most commonly known for its use in russia from 1922 to 1991. the USSR was lead by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin killing between 20-30 million russians. -
Declaration of human rights
Adopted by the United Nations the declaration was in response to the massacre that was WW2. it was put in place to ensure that all people, "are born free and equal, and that all have the right to life, liberty and the security of person." -
Modern democracy
The modern democracy is a system that relies on voting for a political party that you prefer the most and whoever then has the most votes, wins. like a nation wide popularity contest/ -
Ancient Rome
In 509 BC after the king was sent away Rome was declared a republic. Rich families took over the people and were called patricians they were only few in number but they had control over the common people or plebs. the plebs later rebelled and won more rights. the people here were not as active as those in greece but the helped create the democratic institution known as the senate, however only patricians could be senators and only the men could be citizens.
