The Development of Democracy
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è stato aggiornato: 8 set 2017
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The beginnings of Democracy can be traced back to around 500 BC in Ancient GreeceThe Ancient Romans had a representative democracy or republicMany governments today, claim to be democraticBut many lack some freedoms assossiated with democracyThis was hard to achieve because of inexperience in self-ruleSeveral countries have struggled to develop democracyThe Petition of Right called King Charles I to stop collecting taxes without Parliament's consentKing John was forced to sign the Magna CartaParliament's supremacy in making laws was established after the English RevolutionThe English Bill of Rights passed giving people basic civil rightsJohn Locke said that the government's main purpose should be to protect the lives, liberties and property of the peoplePeople began to demand for more freedomsDuring the Reformation, Protestant churches were established and many had a democratic structureBoth Catholics and Protestants started to oppose Absolute MonarchyThey belived that political power comes from the concent of the peopleFrench thinkers like Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau helped the spread of democracyThe first colonist landed in Ameria bringing democratic traditionsThe Mayflower Compact was created for the Pilgrims to follow "just and equal laws"The Declaration of Independence represent a classic democratic documentThis established basic human rights which should be something every government grantsThe Federal powers were split off unto the legislative, executive, and judicial powersThe US Constitution adopted the dividing power system between the states and federal powerThe Bill of Rights was passed guaranteeing the citizens basic rights and freedomsVoting Rights changed over timeThe citizens elected somone to represent themThe Christian teaching that everyone is equal before God,This goes with the democratic principal brotherhood among peopleFeudal courts lead to king's councils, representative assemblies, and parliamentsPeriodi
The Ancient Romans continued to use democracy as their form of government but they believed that political power comes from the consent of the peopleFeudalism is where some people had more rights than others in this social systemThe Magna Carta is later used for trial by jury, protection against unlawful arrest, and no taxation without representationThe English RevolutionWhen a cultural awakening ran across Europe a new spirt of individualism developed and hastened the growth of democracyThe French Revolution helped promote ideas like liberty and equalityBecause the American colonists wanted to self-govern themselves and no taxation without representation the Revolutionary War was sparkedDemocracy spread rapidly around the world during the 1800sMore political rights like voting, freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and religion were extended to the working classes who demanded itIn the early 1900s some nations didn't follow the democratic track. In Russia, Germany, Italy, and later Africa dictators arose.
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