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Period: 700 BCE to 350 BCE
Athenian Democracy
From 700 BCE to 350 BCE
The system had three brances
- Ekklesia
- Boule
- Dikasteria To be a citizen you had to
- Be male
- Be over 18
- Be born in Greece
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Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE
Roman Empire
From 509 BCE to 27 BCE
- Rome was declared a republic in 509 BCE because the king was sent away
- Rome and Greece were never the democracy we know today
- All the power laid in the hands of the upper class - The Particians -
- The upper class ruled over the lower class - The Plebs -
- Plebes rebelled and won more rights including
there being a “written law”
- Plebes helped create a new democratic institution
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27 BCE
Rome Falling
During 27 BCE
- The Roman empire fell as well as the republic
- When Rome fell democracy dissapered from the world
- During the middle ages most countries were run by Kings/ Queens
- The power was passed down through the family
- This was done through the divine right of kings
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Apr 26, 1215
Magna Carta
- King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta
- Outlined provisions were the power of the King / Queen would be restricted and the rights of citizens would then be safeguarded The King could not
- Steal firewood
- Force a widow to re-marry
- Force knights to pay money for holidays
- Confiscate horses and / or carts
- Force villagers tobuild bridges over rivers Why was this significant?
- The king could no longer do What he wanted When he wanted without restrictions
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American Revolution
- Created the first true democracy
- Americans could vote
- No one branch of the government could have to much power
- If one branch tried to aabuse it's power the other two could lay the smackdown on the abuser
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Provisions for Slaves
- While creating its Constitution in 1787, the US made provisions for slaves.
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French revolution
- Was rooted in the spirit of democracy
- The middle class of france revolted and over threw King Louis XVI and Queen Mary Antoinette (Both sent to the Guillotine)
- In the end those who championed liberty were corrupted Leaders used the guillotine when they could to thin out the compitition
- Power fell to Napoleon who used it to try to take over all of Europe
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American women got to vote
- 19th amendment was passed by the US congress on this day
- Was not ratified until August 18th 1920
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Adolf Hitler
- In the 1920s a young ex army corporal and former homeless Austrian found his voice and a following of people in the wartorn and economically crippled country of Germany
- He spewed racial hatred against the Jews and the Communists and said that he would reverse the effects of the Treaty of Versailles
- With total power Hitle started world war two with all of his anti-Jewish shenanigans
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Benito Mussolini
- Formed a facist government in Italy
- Used brute strength and his Black shirts to keep order
- Inspired a young Austrian boy named Adolf Hitler
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Joeseph Stalin
- Became dictator in 1929 after a 5 year power stroke that occured after Vladamir Lenin died of a stroke on January 21st 1924
- Stalin killed 20 - 30 million people through purges, starvation, the KGB, and the Gulag
- Stalin caused the cold war which lasted until the 90s
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Hitler In World War Two
- Hitler killed 55 million people, 6 million Jews, and 5 million "enemies of the state"
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United Nations
- Created the declaration of human rights in 1948
- Pledged that humans had the right to live and work without abuse from the government
- saide that all people are "Born free and equal, and that all have the right to life, liberty and the security of person"
- However human rights are still abused all around the world
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Cold War
- Cold war begins because of Joseph Stalins shenanigans
- Cold war ends with the dissolution of the Soviet Union