Did democracy exist in the colonies during the eighteenth century before the American Revolution? Democracy is rule by the people‚ simply put. This on a large scale is nearly impossible. How could all the people of America‚ then or now‚ or even of a decent size town today all come together to vote on issues. We today have a representative Democracy‚ which in itself is a logistical compromise on a true democracy. In analyzing the government they had in the colonies and comparing it to the "Democracy"
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Immigrants came to seek religious freedom‚ like French Protestants running from the crown. With the need for religious freedom also came the need for political freedom. Immigrants also escaped the social class extremes of Europe. Lack of hereditary aristocracy in the colonies also led to a system of democracy in America. The Zenger Case contributed to a more democratic society with the introduction of freedom of press. Newspapers ran the risk of being jailed for offending a political authority. When
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Chapter 19 Name: Matt AP French Revolution The Crisis of the French Monarchy 1. Problem of debt- during this time the French monarchy was deeply in debt after the seven years war. Because France lost a majority of their colonies with the addition of a fragile economic system because of their lack of faith in banks it fell to the Royal government to tap into their own finances to solve the problem The Monarchy seeks new taxes 2. Parlement and Parlements- there was a standoff
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laws. The hierarchy was always the government or the king. For each city there were different ways of punishing people for breaking different laws. Also there were different ways of making laws too. There was also aristocracy and tyranny. Tyranny was a minor type of government but aristocracy
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known as the great age of the aristocracy. The nobility had an approximately 1 to 5 percent of the entire population of any country that was given. Yet it was known that in every country the nobility was the single wealthiest sector of the population and had the widest degree of social‚ economic and political power; they also set the tone of polite society.1 “The British nobility was known as the smallest‚ wealthiest‚ best defined‚ and most socially responsible aristocracy resided in Great Britain.”2
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counterparts aim for the good a specific part of the regime. The true regimes are limited to kingship‚ aristocracy‚ and polity. The best regime of these regimes is kingship‚ or monarchy‚ which is ruled by the single person most fit to rule. The corrupted form of monarchy becomes tyranny. The next regime‚ aristocracy‚ is ruled by a few who possess a certain degree of wealth. And once aristocracy is corrupted it becomes an oligarchy. In an oligarchic regime‚ those few who possess wealth rule with
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queen‚ is really a republic because the queen has virtually no political power. 4. Aristocracy An aristocracy is rule by the aristocrats. Aristocrats are typically wealthy‚ educated people. Many monarchies have really been ruled by aristocrats. Today‚ typically‚ the term "aristocracy" is used negatively to accuse a republic of being dominated by rich people‚ such as saying‚ "The United States has become an aristocracy." 5. Dictatorship A dictatorship consists of rule by one person or a group of people
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started using more reasoning and sciences. These changes in paradigms led to many changes in society as well. Examples would be in the French and American societies. The French had three social classes. They were the aristocracy‚ the middle class and everyone else on the bottom. The aristocracy consisted of the top‚ elite landowners. Anyone who was a part of the church‚ military or a ruler‚ was considered an aristocrat. These people had the right to vote because they had land. Land signified power at this
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Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician‚ general‚ and dictator that helped Rome expand. As a dictator‚ Caesar carried out reforms‚ helped the unemployed‚ reviewed the calendar‚ relieved debts‚ and enlarged the senate. As result of this‚ Caesar almost become emperor of Rome but he was assassinated by a group of conspirators in March 15‚ 44 B.C. Julius Caesar greatly helped the Roman Republic and his actions paved the way for the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
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preserve their own culture in the face of many others. The governments of Greek city states were constantly changing‚ taking on forms such as monarchies‚ oligarchies‚ aristocracies‚ and democracies. In fact‚ Athens took on all of these forms between 800 and 400 B.C.E. It was originally a monarchy‚ then transformed into an aristocracy. This turned into an oligarchy‚ which finally‚ under a man called Cleisthenes‚ transformed into the democracy we know so well today. This example mirrors the transformation
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