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507 BCE
Democracy In Athens
Democracy developed in the city of Polis, this was the first time democracy was seen in the world. Other parts of the world started to run a democracy. -
44 BCE
The Roman Senate votes to give extraordinary (dictatorial) powers to Octavian who then adopts the name Augustus, essentially ending the Roman Republic - democracy vanishes for centuries
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John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government outlining some liberal political ideals
he made two treaties in the government -
Montesquieu writes The Spirit of the Laws, explaining the need for three branches of government
wrote the spirit of laws -
Benjamin Franklin writes to James Parker.
Benjamin Franklin writes to James Parker about the organization of the Haudenosaunee -
US is about to become a republic
there was a meeting held and the declaration of independence was passed and they would be now under the British crown -
BNA Act
Canada becomes a country. -
Canada's Federal Government Uses The Secret Ballot
BC was first to use the secret ballot in their legislative and the federal government of canada soon followed. -
Lenin dies, opening the door for Stalin to take power in the USSR (leading to a ruthless dictatorship)
Lenin Dies -
Person's Case
Women got equal rights in voting. But they still could not participate in government. -
Hitler passes the Enabling Act, moving Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship
Hitler becomes the dictator of Germany -
World War II ends, which also ends American-Soviet cooperation
the war ends -
Berlin blockade and consequent airlift increases tensions
transporting goods for the war was not possible anymore -
Truman establishes the Marshall Plan to contain communist expansion (policy of containment)
wants to keep communism expanding -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact as a response to NATO through collective security
communist expansion was prospected -
Creation of NATO to deter any aggression from the Soviet bloc
NATO was created -
Korean War begins after the USSR fails to show up for a veto in the UN, starting the first proxy war
korean war breaks out -
Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence
trys to reduce the hostility with in the two powers -
The Hungarian Uprising demonstrates that the Warsaw Pact is not ideologically unified, but this liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw Pact forces
uprising in Hungary -
Berlin Wall is built to prevent further Western expansion in the region
the berlin wall was built -
Cuban Missile Crisis almost leads to a nuclear war between the superpowers due to brinkmanship
almost made the cold war become a nuclear war -
The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is signed
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The Prague Spring ends when the Soviet Union invades, followed by the Brezhnev Doctrine
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Helsinki Accords provide a degree of détente during the Cold War
helped to end the cold war -
Vietnam War ends, demonstrating the failure of containment and the Domino Theory
Vietnam war comes to an end -
The Soweto Uprisings in South Africa protest the majority tyranny laws that prevented Black students from getting an education in their preferred language under the Apartheid rules; some students are killed by police.
schools started a protest -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan leads to an increase of hostilities
soviets invade Afghanistan -
Solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland
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First Nations peoples in Canada are granted suffrage
First naitons peoples are now able to vote in all levels of goernment -
Reform Party Of Canada
Was a right wing political party. The Triple E Senate was to have the senators elected. The three E's stand for equal, elected, and effective. -
Berlin Wall is torn down, a year later Germany is reunified
berlin wall was torn down -
START is signed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons being created as a form of deterrence
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The Warsaw Pact is dissolved, with some members seeking to join NATO
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The Soviet Union ceases to exist, effectively ending the Cold War
ended the cold war -
Charlottetown Accord
The referendum gave the first nation people special rights along with the french speaking people of canada. -
George W. Bush wins his first term as president of the United States without winning a majority of the votes due to the US electoral college system.
bush wins his first term as president -
The Harper Government passes Bill C-16, An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act, which brings in fixed date elections to Canada’s federal electoral system
harper brings up the new bill for the first reading -
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe blames the UK for the cholera outbreak in his country, thus making the UK a scapegoat for the problems being faced in his country.
scapegoating for a virus in the country
