politics By haramabe69420 31 BCE the roman senate votes to give extraordinary(dictatorial) powers to octavian who changes his name to augustus 5 BCE democracy develops in athens, greece 1689 john locke writes two treatises of government outlining some liberal political ideals 1748 montesquieu writes the spirit of the laws Mar 20, 1751 ben frank writes to james park about iroquois league Jul 4, 1776 the continental congress adopts the declaration of independence 1867 the nation-state of canada is created through the passage of the british north america act, providing responsible government for the former colonies Aug 15, 1872 first secret ballot Jan 21, 1924 lenin dies opening the door up for stalin to take control of the USSR Oct 18, 1929 persons case Mar 24, 1933 hitler passes the enabling act 1945 berlin blockade and consequent airlift increases tension Sep 2, 1945 world war 2 ends Apr 3, 1948 truman establishes the marshall plan to contain communist expansion 1949 creation of nato Jun 25, 1950 korean war starts 1955 creation of the warsaw pact 1956 khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence Oct 23, 1956 the hungarian uprising Jul 1, 1960 FN are granted suffarge Aug 13, 1961 berlin wall is built 1962 cuban missile crisis almost leads to a nuclear war between the superpowers due to brinkmanship Jan 5, 1968 the prague spring ends when the soviet union invades Jul 1, 1968 the nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed 1975 helsinki accords provide a degree of detente during the cold war Apr 30, 1975 vietnam war ends Jun 16, 1976 the soweto uprisings in south africa protest the the majority tyranny laws that prevented black students from getting an education Dec 25, 1979 soviet invasion of afghanistan Aug 31, 1980 solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in poland Oct 31, 1987 the reform party of canada is created Nov 9, 1989 berlin wall is torn down Mar 31, 1991 the warsaw pact is dissolved Jul 31, 1991 START is signed 1992 the soviet union ceases to exist Nov 26, 1992 the referendum on the charlottetown accord, which would include special rights for FN Jan 20, 2001 George W. Bush wins his first term 2008 president mugabe of zimbabwe blames the UK for the cholera outbreak in his country Oct 18, 2016 the harper government passes bill C-16
