Wednesday, January 31, 2018

A new form of government

  • what cleisthenes did was a huge step froward getting "regular folks" involved in governing
  • but this first democracy had its limits
  • citizens could participate- but only 1/5 of Athenians were citizens
  • after several years, athens practiced direct democracy
  • republic has people vote on who to put in power
  • democracy has people vote on specific issues/topics
  • what a direct democracy looks like:
    • it is where the state is ruled by its citizens
    • rule is based on citizenship
    • majority rules votes
      • in the agora, citizens argued, made speeches, then voted yes with white stones, and no with black stones
    • it was first practiced in Athens under Cleisthenes by around 508 BCE

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