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Sep 17, 700
Greece
-Ancient city of Athens
-Males who had property where citizen
-Females,childern and slaves weren't able to be citizen
-The first democracy -
Sep 17, 1215
Monarchy
-The middle ages European countries had a "monarchy"
-They put kings or Queens in rule in such places as France, England and Russia also of them remember childhood stories of "Robin Hood fighting against the evil King John"
-Kings and Queen’s thought they owed there power to rule to God and who did not abide by our ruling were against God
-That was called the "Devine Right of Kings" -
Sep 17, 1215
Parliament
-Parliament came from the word" Parler" -
Sep 17, 1215
Magna Carta
-King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta
-This document is to safeguard the rights of citizens such as
"steal firewood from other lands, steal firewood from other lands, Force knights to pay money to excuse them from guarding the castle, Confiscate horses or carts and Force villagers to build bridges over rivers"
- Magna Carta is an extremely important document it's starting of our "Parliamentary Democracy" -
Modern Democracies
-Americans are able to vote and the powers of the government were restricted so no one in the branch could have too much power
-If somebody did try to abuse its power they will be dismissed from authority -
French Revolution
-Was strated inspite of Democracy
-French used the guillotine to kill those who went against
- Power left to the military dictator
-Napoleon tried to use his power to take Europe -
Communism (The Beginning)
-Karl Marx wrote "Communist Manifesto outlining Communism" -
Modern Democracies
-You would think that with these early revolutions for equality and free from slavery in most western countries, would have created a solid area for democracy by the 20th Century -
Communism (Next Step)
- War also the stats of Russian's economy
- Vladmir I Lenin by force takes Tsar in Russia out
- "Lenin adheres to Marx’s teachings"
- changes it to provide a purpose
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Communism (Tragic Results)
- Purge, starvation, the Gulag
- Stalin killed between 20 – 30 million Russians
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Modern Democracies
-It was noted that the US didn't give women the
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Fascism (The Beginning)
- After WWI
- Benito Mussolini forms the fascist government in Italy
- Uses brute force
- Newly formed to keep "order and peace"
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Fascism (Next Step)
- Young ex army corporal also former homeless Austrian
- Found his voice following in economically turbulent Germany
- Racial hatred against the jews
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Universal Declaration
- The United Nations had made the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- The United Nations promised that human being have a right to live and work without abuse or harm for government
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Rome
-Rome in 509 B.C.E was declared aa a republic after
the king was forced out of office.
-Rich families also the upper class people had been called "patricians", they ruled over the common people or "plebs"
-When the plebs rebled against they had won more rights
-Even though they weren't active or as active as the "Athenians" they helped create the new democratic called the "Senate"
