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507 BCE
democracy develops in athens
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29 BCE
Roman senate gives dictator powers to octavian essentially ending roman republic
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John locke writes two treaties of govt outlining some liberal political ideas
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montesquieu writes the spirit of the laws, explaining the need for three branches of govt
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ben frank writes to james parker about the federal organization of the haudenosaunee confederacy
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the continental congress adopts the declaration of independence, starting the process of creating the US republic
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nation-state of canada is created through passage of british north america act, providing responsible government for the former colonies
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canada holds first federal election to have secret ballot
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lenin dies,leaving stalin to take power(goes to bad dictatorship)
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the persons case determines that women are in fact persons and should have full rights
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Hitler passes the Enabling act, moving germany from democracy to dictatorship
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WWII ends, also ends American-Soviet cooperation
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Truman establishes the Marshall Plan to contain communist expansion
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berlin blockade and consequent airlift increases tensions
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creation of nato to deter any aggression from the soviet bloc
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Korean War begins after the USSR fails to show up for a veto in the UN, starting the first proxy war
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creation of the warsaw pact as a response to NATO through collective security
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Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence
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The Hungarian Uprising demonstrates that the Warsaw Pact is not ideologically unified, but this liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw Pact forces
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F.N. peoples in canada are granted suffrage
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Berlin wall built to prevent further western expansion in the region
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cuban missle crisis almost leads to a nuclear war between the superpowers due to brinkmanship
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The Prague Spring ends when the Soviet Union invades, followed by the Brezhnev Doctrine
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The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is signed
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Vietnam War ends, demonstrating the failure of containment and the Domino Theory
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helsinki accords provide a degree of detente during the cold war
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The Soweto Uprising in south africa protest the majority tyranny laws that prevented black students from getting education in their prefered language under Apartheid rules; some students killed by police
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan leads to an increase of hostilities
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Solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland
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the reform party of canada is created; one of their key platforms is the triple E Senate
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Bush wins presidency without winning majority vote due to the US electoral college system
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Berlin Wall is torn down, a year later germany is reunified
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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
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the referendum on the charlottetown accord (failed)
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START is signed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons being created as a form of deterrence
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President Mugabe of zimbabwe blames the UK for the cholera outbreak, making UK a scapegoat for problems in country
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harper govt passes bill C-16, act to amend the canada elections act, which brings in fixed elections date to canadas federal electoral system
