The History of Democracy

  • 2200 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Democracy was created in Ancient Greece
  • 500 BCE

    The Ancient Roman Empire

    The Ancient Roman Empire was ruled using a monarchy but eventually changed to a democracy
  • 689

    John Locke

    He was the one who influenced the government to have a set of natural rights.
  • 1100

    Iroquois

    Native Americans that started an alliance to share a common goal
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    The document that established the rule of law which states that no one is above the law
  • Petition of Right

    A petition sent by the English government
  • English Bill of Rights

    A set of laws that states basic civil rights
  • Montesquieu

    He wrote that the government must be divided to keep from one branch becoming more powerful than the other.
  • Thomas Paine

    His book common sense was used to ask for independence from Great Britain