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Period: 500 BCE to 700 BCE
Democracy in Ancient Greece
Democracy in Ancient Greece developed near the fifth century BC. The Greek concept of democracy was different than todays democracy because adult citizens were required to take a part in the government. If they didn't fulfill their duty's, they'd be fined and punished. -
Period: 27 BCE to 476 BCE
The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire is a land and group of people subject to the authority of ancient Rome. The form of government, established in ancient Rome in 27 BC. According to dictionary.com, "comprising the Principate or Early Empire (27 b.c.–a.d. 284) and the Autocracy or Later Empire." -
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Period: Jun 15, 1215 to Sep 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a document promising English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thames, and signed by King John on June 15, 1215, under pressure from his rebellious barons. -
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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. -
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Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois are an Iroquoian-speaking First Nations peoples in northeast North America/Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to the French as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy. -
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Divine Right of Kings
The divine right of kings, in European history, is a political doctrine in defense to absolutism of monarchy, which affirmed that kings received their authority from God and meaning they can't be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament or Government. -
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John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely known as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". -
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783. 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776. -
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The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political change in France when the french tried to separate from Great Britain. This began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. -
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British Parliament
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression between 1929 and 1939 that began after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagion began around September 4, 1929, and became known worldwide on Black Tuesday, the stock market crash of October 29, 1929. -
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The 60's Revolution
According to Histoy.com, The 1960s were one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history, marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap." -
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