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507 BCE
Democracy in Athens, Greece
All citizens of athens could participate in the assembly of direct democracy. -
27 BCE
The Roman Senate votes to give extraordinary powers to Octavian
This ends the roman republic causing democracy to leave this area for quite a long time -
John locke outlines liberal political ideals
these were written to help out the political structure of england at the time. -
Montesquieu and the three branches of government
Montesquieu wanted divided power. Montesquieu called the idea of dividing government power into three branches -
Iroquois League
benjamin franklin recognizes the importance of the Haudenosaunee coming together -
Declaration of independence US republic
The continental congress adopts the declaration of independence, which lead to the creation of US republic -
canada is created
The act involves the original creation of canada, and has the structure of governement -
Secret ballot
Canada's newest province, British Columbia, enacted the first secret ballot legislation in Canada in February 1873. Ontario and the federal government followed in 1874 -
Lenin dies, allowing for Stalin to take power-cold war
with the death of Lenin stalin was able to rise to power controlling the USSR and leading the Russian communist party -
The person case
By the famous 5 that acknowledges women's rights -
hitler passes the enabling act-cold war
Moves germany from democracy to dictatorship -
WWII ends -cold war
ends american soviet cooperation because russia blamed the usa for their problems -
Truman establishes the Marshall Plan -cold war
meant to stop the spread of communism and rebuild the war-torn european countries -
Creation of NATO -cold war
Western European nations came together to provide collective security against the Soviet Union -
Korean War begins -cold war
the USSR fails to show up for a veto in the UN, starting the first proxy war -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact -cold war
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact -
The Hungarian Uprising -cold war
the Hungarian Uprising was a nationwide revolt against the communist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet policies -
Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence -cold war
it was a policy to keep peace between the two superpowers to stop the possibility of a nuclear war -
First nation granted suffrage
first nations were finally allowed to vote in federal elections, but they had to give up their treaty status which most did not want to -
Berlin Wall was built -cold war
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis -cold war
almost lead to a nuclear war between USA and Russia -
The Prague Spring ends -cold war
The Prague Spring ended with a Soviet invasion, the removal of Alexander Dubcek as party leader and an end to reform within Czechoslovakia -
The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty -cold war
The structure of a treaty restrict the use of nuclear weapons -
Vietnam War ends -cold war
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The Soweto Uprisings in South Africa
Uprisings caused by a law that prevented black students from getting education in their own language -
Solidarity trade union -cold war
It was the first trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party -
reform party and the Triple E Senate
proposed variation of reform to the current Canadian Senate, calling for senators to be elected to exercise effective powers in numbers equally representative of each province. -
Berlin Wall is torn down -cold war
the Cold War began to settle across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West -
The Warsaw Pact is dissolved -cold war
Soviet military commanders let go of their control of Warsaw Pact forces -
START is signed -cold war
START ,Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, was a bilateral treaty between the USA and USSR -
The Soviet Union ceases to exist
this marks the end of the cold war -
Referendum on the Charlottetown Accord
proposed amendments to the constitution of canada but when it hit the referendum is was rejected -
George W Bush wins first term president
He won this without winning the majority of the votes because the of the US electoral college voting system -
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe blames the UK for the cholera outbreak
The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe left hundreds dead and the president blamed the UK for the spread of the virus -
Passing of Bill C-16
The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that everyone can live according to their gender identity and express their gender as they want.
