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Greek Heritage
The idea of democracy that was born in Greece ensured that anyone could be apart of the government after following some sort of democratic process (to vote in Ancient Athens you had to be a man, a landowner, and you couldn't be or had been a slave. That has influenced all democratic systems where those who have the right to vote, (citizens) can vote for who will
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Timefram
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The glory of Ancient Rome
The Romans helped to develop the law and order system we use today. Without them, many of the concepts for our current legal systems wouldn't be developed . The Ancient Roman legal system made a basis for all law systems around the world. The US senate is modeed by the Roman Senate -
Europe in the middle ages
As imperialism increased , languages and cultures expanded. Trade increased because colonies began to trade goods with the "ruler" country. The British culture spread due to the Imperialism of Great Britain -
Glories of the Renaisannce
The renaissance helped to re-spread ideas. These ideas helped to influence Colombus' journeys and new ways of trade. Scholars spread their ideas thanks to the rich families "investing in them" -
Revolutions in science
The way things appear are not the true way they are. Science has helped us to find the truth of the world. The sun is the center and the planets spin around. Earth isn’t the center but it is the center to us -
Revolution
West and away the wheels of darkness roll,
Day's beamy banner up the east is borne,
Spectres and fears, the nightmare and her foal,
Drown in the golden deluge of the morn. But over sea and continent from sight
Safe to the Indies has the earth conveyed
The vast and moon-eclipsing cone of night,
Her towering foolscap of eternal shade. See, in mid heaven the sun is mounted; hark,
The belfries tingle to the noonday chime.
'Tis silent, and the subterranean dark
Has crossed the nadir, and begins t -
Production
Colonies could only trade with Great Britain, the good they needed such as, textiles, metals, chemicals, glass, and paper. The English needed a way to meet the demand to manufacture more goods to transport to their colonies. They decided to build factories to manufacture those goods. This lead to an increas of manufactured goods and a decrease of hand-made goods. -
Society
As more people were hired in factories, society began to change. More people started moving into cities from farmlands. They lived hard and brutal lives in the city. Their standard of living was very bad. Cities had no capacity to handle the number of migrants. Tough labor conditions, child labor, and lack of adequate pay led to the creation of labor unions. It took many years for governments create laws to protect the living conditions of workers and to guarentee a minimum wage. -
Government
The Industrial Revolution created a shift from land-based wealth to industrial wealth. It created a middle class of expert labor and a working class of un-skilled workers. It created banking, and changed the way governments regulated economy, and social matters (protect the workers, manage credit, currencies, employee laws, ownership, taxation,and welfare)
