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600 BCE
Roman Republic
National Geographic "Democracy(Ancient Greece)" May 20,2022. Only adult males over 18 could participate in government or voting(until 1928 when women could rightfully vote as well). https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/7/2020/08/Roman-Republic-2-222f8f4.jpg -
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Athens randomly selects 500 individuals to run for government.
May 22, 2022 Democracy(Ancient Greece), National Geographic
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John Locke
Locke was essential to the creation of the Justice system.
He was also opposite to Hobbes's ideas, he thought that one must have understanding of themselves before they could engage in government, and humans had good qualities naturally. https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d25d8fc3406bc569551977f281001d0b4b560516/0_402_3058_1834/master/3058.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=b5c6f023a69b33a3c5d025b34b4a1fa1 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/#LimiHumaUnde -
Leviathan Published by Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan states that humans are evil and government is required to make them decent.
Insists that there is a "social contract" that involves people giving up their freedoms to be terrible to get rights and protection by the government.
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Origins of The United States Government
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Declaration Of Independence Written
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of independence has 3 parts: a preamble; a main set of text, and a
Series of signatures. The message was that the King of England was a tyrant, and that Americanss wanted equal rights as everyone else living in the developed world. They set this out by declaring independence from Britian. America is now a country, and Americans have rights. https://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/media/holidays/independence-day/2013/06/declarationofindependence.jpg -
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Articles of Confederation
The government can tax states now to pay off debt and pay for public programs. The judicial, the legislative, and the executive branch. https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/media/law/articles_of_confederation_bg.jpg -
The Bill of Rights
“Or the right of people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
When a group of like-minded individuals gather to protest, that is a movement, it can end up in News articles. In a U.S. without the first amendment, the government could charge against these protests, and effectively censor the most impactful form of expression of opinions.
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George Washington
George Washington Appointed all 38 of the original judges to the court system.
As the first president, he attended all national ceremonies and it is up to him to declare national holidays.
The president is not above communicating with foreigners and is largely at task with handling foreign relations.
The president could choose those who serve him in the cabinet.
The president would be able to make direct military.
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Thomas Jefferson
He founded the democratic republican party, later just the democratic party. He was against a monarchy. He opposed federalists as he thought that they believed in soley giving power to the wealthy. Republicans believed in civil liberty, state government over federal government, democracy, and investing in agriculture.
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The Constitution
The purpose is to make it clear that The United States of America is a country that is to be taken seriously. In this text, the goals of the U.S. are set very clearly, and it stands as a country.
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