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Government in Athens
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II Athens Creates a Democracy Cleisthenes = Father of Democracy
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A. Democracy under Cleisthenes All citizens participated in assembly – Assembly= gathering of citizens that created the cities laws Citizens encourages to speak Voting by a show of hands or secret ballots Large size of assemblies made it hard to make decisions – Citizens served at city officials who served on smaller councils – Council decided the laws that the assembly should discuss
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B. Changes in Athenian Democracy Citizens began to gain power and serve on juries for ct. cases Democracy reached its height un Pericles – Participation in gov’t as important as defending Athens during war Paid public servants Encourages ppl to spread democracy to other parts of Greece Pericles
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C. End of Democracy in Athens Athenian Dem. Ends w/ conquering of Athens by Macedonians Kept Dem. But w/ limited power – Macedonian king had final say Eventually a new King took over and Dem ended for good
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III Ancient Democracy Differs from Modern Democracy American Democracy differs greatly from Athenian Democracy
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A. Direct Democracy (ATHENS) Direct Democracy= ALL citizens directly participate in gov’t MAJORITY rules in assembly US too large for this type of gov’t Lets order pizza (not really)
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B. Representative Democracy Our founding fathers created a representative democracy or a republic Representative Democracy= citizens elect officials to represent them in gov’t Elected officials make country’s laws & enforce them – Senate & house of reps
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