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The History of Democracy

By Ambassador of Moose
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    Athenian Democracy

    Athenian Democracy
    • Athenian Leader Cleisthens introduced "demokratia", rule by the people
    • Three bodies of administration; Ekklesia, Boule, ad the dikasteria
    • decisions were made by representatives of the tribes
    • all valid citizens could vote
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    Rome

    Rome
    • Less of a democracy than Rome
    • Only the upper-class could be apart of the senate, but everyone had a say
    • Only citizens of Rome could vote
    • Only free men were citizens
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    The Rise of Monarchy

    The Rise of Monarchy
    • after the Roman Empire was established democracy disappeared
    • Kings and Queens ruled by the Divine Right of Kings
    • Power was past to the Catholic Church
    • monarchs held total rule
  • Jan 1, 1215

    The Magna Charta

    The Magna Charta
    • King James was forced to sign the Magna Charta
    • it limite the control monarchs would have over their citizens
    • they could not have or do whatever they wanted unrestricted
    • this helped seed the British Parliament

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution
    • the revolution brought the first true democracy to the world
    • the government was decided by the people and was restricted in power
    • two of the three branches could overide the third if it got too powerful
    • three seperate branhces would perform different tasks that would be independent of each other
    • citizens would be represented

  • French Revolution

    French Revolution
    • the middle class overthrew the monarchy following the American example
    • the country became a military state under Napoleon after the leaders of the revolution became corrupted

  • Rise of the USSR

    Rise of the USSR
    • Karl Marx wrote a manifesto describing a society that acted as one and everyone was equal in every aspect
    • Lenin overthrew the Russian Tsar and became the new leader using his stylized version of the manifesto
    • Stalin came to power and twisted it to suit his interests
    • Stalin ended up killing 20 - 30 million russins through the KGB, the Gulag, and orchestrated famines
    • Stalin starts the Cold War which lasts beyond his death

  • Fascism in Italy

    Fascism in Italy
    • following World War 1, Mussolini cereates a Fascist Italian Government using his personal regime to keep order
    • he inspered an austrian WW1 veteran with his actions

  • Hitler in Power

    Hitler in Power
    • Inspired by Mussolini, Hitler takes control of a minor political part and reforms it into the Nationalist Socialist Party and becomes Chancellor of Germany
    • he incited Germans with racial hatred of Jews and Communists and promised to revoke the Treaty of Versailles
    • he stared a second world war and killed 55 million people through it
    • 6 million jews and 5 Million "Enemies of the State" were exterminated

  • Birth of the UN

    Birth of the UN
    • after the horrors of the Second World War, the United Nations was formed to keep the peace and protect Human Rights from the atrocities of the war
    • They pledged that human beings have a right to live and work without abuse from the government
    • the UN created the declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person