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500 BCE
Democracy in Ancient Greece
Democracy in Ancient Greece was the first time democracy was made and used for the people to put their say in votes on laws. Rather than vote for representatives, as we do, each citizen was expected to vote for every law. It was important cause it brings us things like today with the house of commons. -
27 BCE
The Roman Empire
Roman Empire, the ancient empire, centred on the city of Rome, that was established in 27 BCE following the demise of the Roman Republic and continuing to the final eclipse of the empire of the West in the 5th-century CE. It was important because they elected officials that govern the country and are responsible to the voters who elect them -
Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government were not above the law. -
Jun 15, 1215
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. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and the overseas territories. -
1570
Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian indigenous confederacy in northeast North America. They were known during the colonial years to the French as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy. It was important because played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for supremacy in North America. -
Divine Right of Kings
The divine right of kings was a political and religious doctrine. It meant that a monarch was given the right to rule by God alone. It was important because the doctrine asserts that a monarch is not accountable to any earthly authority (such as a parliament) because their right to rule is derived from divine authority. -
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes English philosopher, scientist, and historian is best known for his political philosophy, especially as articulated in his masterpiece Leviathan (1651). His enduring contribution was as a political philosopher who justified wide-ranging government powers on the basis of the self-interested consent of citizens. In Hobbes's social contract, the many trade liberty for safety. -
John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist who was born in 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England and died in 1704 in High Laver, Essex. He is recognized as the founder of British empiricism and the author of the first systematic exposition and defence of political liberalism. -
Revolutionary Ideas
These included equality as a natural right for all; the notion that political systems should genuinely involve and represent the people; challenges to the privileges afforded by the Church and monarchies; and the idea that colonies can become independent from empires. -
Social Revolutions
Social revolutions are sudden changes in the structure and nature of society. These revolutions are usually recognized as having transformed society, economy, culture, philosophy, and technology along with but more than just the political systems. The people who start revolutions have determined the institutions currently in place in society have failed or no longer serve their intended purpose.
