Rootsofdemocracy

Roots of Democracy

  • Period: 2200 BCE to 130 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    2,200 BCE to 130 BCE
  • Period: 500 BCE to 476

    Ancient Roman Empire

    500 BCE to 476 CE
  • 1100

    Iroquois

  • 1215

    Magna Carta published

    stated that the King could no longer do whatever he wanted; he had to follow the "law of the land" when dealing with his subjects.
  • Petition of Right

  • John Locke

    Published idea of Natural Rights
  • English Bill of Rights

  • Montesquieu

  • Thomas Paine