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1. Greece 700-350 BCE
over the age of 18 and male to be a citizen, you had to be born in Greece, your paents had to be born in Greece and you had to own land. -
2. Rome
Rome was never a democracy as we know today, evenr the acient greeks knew it, upper class participants ruled over common people, Plebes helped create a new democratic institution
called the Senate, must be male -
3. Magna Carta
1215 King John forced to sign the Magna Carta, the king could not steel things, king could no longer whatever he wanted,
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4. 1775 –1781 American Revolution
created the first true democracy, US did not give women the vote until 1919 -
5. FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789
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6. Fascism
After WWI, Benito Mussolini formed a
fascist government in Italy, He used brute force and his newly formed
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7. Nazism
With total power Hitler waged WWII, He killed 55 million people and
exterminated 6 million Jews and 5 million
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8. Communism
1848 Karl Marx wrote the Communist
Manifesto outlining Communism, 1917 Vladamir Lenin was able to over
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9. United Nationns
1948 United Nations created the declaration of
Human Rights, UN pledged that human beings have a right to
live and work without abuse from governments, That all people are “born free and equal and that
all have the right to life, liberty and the security of
person”