1. Democracy
HISTORY

2. Democracy
Dēmos – people
Kratos – to rule
Ruled by the people

3. History Ekklesia – Assembly + Governing Body Anyone who’s a citizen
Meets 40 times a year
Votes and discuss major decisions
507 B.C.
Boule – Council of 500
50 of each Athenian Tribe
Meets everyday
Daily government jobs
Cleisthenes
Dikasteria – popular courts
500 males are chosen to be jurors
Changed daily through lot
Listened and made verdicts on cases

4. History 460 B.C. Wanted a stronger democracy for Athens
Increased wage of Jurors
Encouraged participation in Assembly
Pericles

5. History - Timeline 9th C. - The Scandinavian “Ting” Viking parliament.
11-13 C. Italian City States - Florence, Pisa etc. - elected Councils.
14-17th C. Estates General in France - different social classes made up an advisory parliament.
16th C. The Polish sejm: Council
Between about 1080 and 1140 many of the towns of northern Italy (among them Pisa, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Genoa) acquire municipal councils in which the elected councillors call themselves consuls - in a deliberate echo of Italy's republican past.
A parliament is summoned whenever the king requires it. At a period when a monarch is almost permanently on the move to maintain his authority, a parliament will be held wherever the royal court may happen to be.

6. Timeline Continued Parliament: 12th - 14th century
The Magna Carta
17th C. The English Civil War
Greater power to parliament and House of Commons
20th C. Universal suffrage
Votes for men and women

7. Locke and Hobbes John Locke Thomas Hobbes People are good
Government exists to serve the people
Social contract
Thomas Hobbes
People are bad
Government needs to control people
Strict laws and harsh punishments
“Leviathon”

8. USA Democracy USA Declaration of Independence in 1776
Identified rights of citizens
A democratic Constitution: 1787
Checks and Balances
Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches
The Reform Bill:
Representation of the people:
Votes for women:

9. History - Timeline Ancient Greece Florence - Italy 507-404 B.C.
A.D.
507 B.C.
Today
Between about 1080 and 1140 many of the towns of northern Italy (among them Pisa, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Genoa) acquire municipal councils in which the elected councillors call themselves consuls - in a deliberate echo of Italy's republican past.
A parliament is summoned whenever the king requires it. At a period when a monarch is almost permanently on the move to maintain his authority, a parliament will be held wherever the royal court may happen to be.
Rome
B.C.