Democracy is thought to have originated in Greece during the first half of the 5th century BC. This revolutionary concept replaced aristocrats, oligarchs, monarchs, and tyrants and allowed a substantial amount of people to directly participate in the political process. Although the basic ideals of our modern system of government are derived from this original form of democracy, there is actually very little ... is the way its citizens are represented. In Athenian democracy, the people were represented directly; this meant that the people of a given city-state would each participate directly...

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... and institutions that helped form and maintain the new country of the United States. The American Revolution represented a partially radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions through documents made during the years of 1775-1800. Many radical ideas and institutions came from three major documents in American ... created equal. This statement is radical because this is a new concept. In Great Britain, society was made up of three unequal groups; the monarchs, the noblemen, and the common peasants. The second of the three radical statements was that all people were endo...

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... is an undeniable trend with all governments which are led by kings, emperors, or dictators, they take advantage of their power and use it to their own personal gain. Although these monarchs are usually quick to be thrown out of power. The U.S. government offers checks and balances to avoid these kinds of leaders, while previous communist governments have not. This could be another ... all. It focuses on the idea of an economic and social system characterized by collective ownership, production, and co-operative management of the economy. Socialism will also be paired with a political be...

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... of "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." After a series of defeats, the French who were still very bitter towards Great Britain and wanting power back in America, joined the American army. Finally, the Americans were able to pull ahead and in 1783 signed the Treaty of Paris, which ... National Convention became the Legislative Body of France. Unfortunately, the constitution still did not satisfy many of the French people. Soon after, the monarchs of Austria and Prussia declared war against the revolution. A few months later nobles were arrested and then massacred at the Guillotine. ...

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... of religious and ethnic backgrounds that have come to be associated with the United States and its citizens. Recalling lives of oppression under tyrannical monarchs of the Old World, the first American settlers sought to return the power of government to the people. In doing this, they laid the foundation for a revolutionary experiment in governing: democracy. The idealistic goal of fairness and ... rights to minorities. At the time of its introduction, the radical new form of government proposed by the first Americans contrasted sharply with the monarchies of the Old World, where polit...

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