The French farmers had bad harvests in the 1830s o Land was difficult to obtain under the seigniorial regime because rents were too high This forced many peasants to abandon agriculture and look for work in towns. • The oligarchy in Upper Canada was called the ‘Family Compact’. Almost all of the leaders were related and of the wealthy families. o It was because of the Family Compact that the rebellion started. Patronage was very common. Members of the Family Compact gave
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If I were alive during Ancient Greece‚ I would choose to live in Sparta instead of Athens. To start with‚ in Sparta‚ women had more rights than in Athens. For example‚ in Sparta‚ women had the same simple life as me‚ but they could speak with men outside on their own‚ own property‚ and even marry again if their first husband had been gone for a very long time. Meanwhile‚ in Athens‚ all women did was take care of the household‚ they couldn’t even go outside by themselves! Second‚ the education in
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How Significant was the Second Triumvirate to the fall of the Republic? By Martin Kimber The Second Triumvirate had a limited amount of significance towards the fall of the Roman Republic. This is a direct result of the Second Triumvirate’s lack of involvement in the direct issues affecting Rome and the Republic long before the inception of this political coalition between Octavian‚ Antony and Lepidus. The Triumvirate’s influence in the collapse of the Republic can be seen in their march on Rome
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GREECE AND ROME Pages 66 - 85 VOCABULARY A. ZOROASTRIANISM B. POLIS C. DIRECT DEMOCARCY D. ARISTOCRACY E. RATIONALITY F. TYRANNY G. REPUBLIC H. PATRICIAN I. CLIENTATGE J. NATURAL LAW K. THEOCRACY L. OLIGARCHY M. MONARCHY N. SOCRATES O. PLATO P. ARISTOTLE Q. PTOLEMY R. PERICLES S. PHILLIP II T. THE TWELVE TABLES 1. How did geography influence the Greek and Roman civilizations? 2. What political institutions were common
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they all ran their democratic government differently. The New England Colonies were a theocracy‚ which meant that the church controlled the government. The Middle Colonies had their government and church separated. The Southern Colonies were an Oligarchy‚ which meant that wealthy plantation owners controlled the government since they could pay for their expenses. Also‚ the first colonists to step on New England were Separatist Puritans (Pilgrims)‚ the first people to step on the Middle Colonies were
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question the principles of America further‚ and question what other problems are there‚ what can Americans do to help people who are illiterate or semi-literate. How can America revert to fair and equal democracy‚ instead of drift towards becoming an Oligarchy‚ ruled and dictated solely by the wealthy and powerful? Kozol’s article inspires higher
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TEST # 1 1. POLITICS‚ DAVID EASTON‚ HARROLD LASWELL‚ GOVERNMENT‚ PURPOSES OR FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT‚ POWER‚ AUTHORITY‚ POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY‚ POLITICAL SYSTEM‚ INPUTS‚ OUTPUTS‚ FEEDBACK‚ MILITARYINDUSTRIAL COMPLEX 2. FORMS OF GOVERNMENTS; OLIGARCHY‚ AUTOCRACY‚ DEMOCRACY‚ ARISTOCRACY‚ DIRECT AND INDIRECT/REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY‚ FORMS OF LIMITED DIRECT DEMOCRACY: INITIATIVE‚ REFERENDUM‚ RECALL‚ 3. PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY‚ REASONS WHY DEMOCRACY IS VIEWED AS SUPERIOR TO OTHER POLITICAL
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Persians‚ the Greeks had a democracy. The people voted directly for their leader; they had a direct democracy. However‚ the Greeks had a lot of different city-states with their own governments. Aristotle divided the government systems into monarchies‚ oligarchies‚ tyrannies‚ and democracies‚ but for the most part it was democracy. Some of the governments of the city-states were similar to Persian government. Both Persia and Greece had poor agriculture because of the geography. The economy‚ especially
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had government all right. REPORT Greece had no central government. In fact Greece was even considered one whole group. Each city-state had its own government and was also known as a polis. There were 3main types of government: Monarchy‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy. Each city-state made their own 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.
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Both Persia and Greece were very influential during 600 BCE-600 CE. They were both very similar and different in their political and economical areas‚ and they also had similarities in differences in their social life. Politically‚ Persia and Greece were very different in the way that Persia was ruled by a king while in Greece each polis was governed separately. Now economically‚ Greece depended on imported goods‚ and Persia was mainly an agriculture based economy. Their social lives also had similarities
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