Government Unit 2 History Of Governments

colony

socialist

has accumulated enough wealth to operate the government --willingness to accept responsibility --keep a government strong and active has be a successful in the entertainment field --act as a final point of authority

--The government should have a goal. At least one tenth of the citizen should be farmers. --Safety is a priority. --Leadership is needed. --Law and order should be maintained. --Production and sustenance should be provided daily. Higher education should be provided.

The Greek culture was actually the birth of democracy. "Direct democracy" was the first name given to the Greek democracy. Sparta's main strength was in its army. Athens' main strength was in its navy. --Solon established a law which enslaved people in debt.

fortresses --city-states barracks assemblies

Cleisthenes

400 B.C. 650 B.C. --750 B.C. 1000 B.C

594 B.C.

Empire

The Concilium Plebis

A mercenary was a soldier who was a former slave. The plebeians were upper-class citizens. --The Romans' first code of law was established around 450 B.C. The Roman republic lasted over 1,000 years.

--Samnites Spartans Flavians --Celtics --Etruscans --Carthaginians

--property rights --punishment for criminals elections trade agreements

--In Rome, only men with money and property could vote. In the Greek Senate, even teenagers were allowed to participate. In the Roman government, no Greeks were allowed to serve. --In Greece, all men were allowed to vote. --In the Roman Senate, the most powerful part of the government, all senators were patricians. In the Greek government, retired soldiers were given automatic seats in the Senate.

Protection

A.D. 600 --A.D. 700 A.D. 1000

investiture --homage vacillation feudalism

8th century 13th century --15th century 18th century

A standing army is a group of soldiers ready to do battle. King John of England ruled England in the 1200's but was a vassal himself. --Fiefs are upper-class nobility.

investiture summons --subinfeudation servitude

--Feudalism is a system of cooperation among peoples which was basically an exchange of land for protection. A vassal was given the rights to control the fief and to have ownership of it. --A summons is a call to appear in court. When the vassal gave the lord his crops, it was known as feudal

monarch regent caliph --prime minister

direct democracies

magistrates rulers --representatives warriors

all elected officials serve for a certain number of terms then must retire a high school sophomore and a senior citizen may vote at the polls together --a United States senator votes on immigration law on behalf of your mother through indirect ballot all democracies have a two chamber system of representation United States citizens live in a direct democracy

--opportunity for education taxation without representation --equality before the law four representatives for each state or region full access to public libraries --the citizen's freedom --voting rights

the Federalist Papers, written by James Jay, were the first Bill of Rights preceding the Constitution the Constitution was written in response to the Federalist Papers the import of the Constitution can only be understood by reading the Federalist Papers --Alexander Hamilton, who conceived of and authored the majority of the Federalist Papers, wrote them as an argument for and a defense of the United States Constitution

Might makes right

World War II

Fascism is usually an agreement between three or more political parties. --Fascists usually gain power after a country's economic collapse. Hitler led Italy into Fascism in the 1930s.

freedom equality wealth --unity and strength

--The Axis powers were made up of a coalition of countries that opposed the Allied powers in World War II. --Political, economic, and social activities are under the rule of a fascism government. --A fascist government is usually controlled by a dictator.

public theater satires of the fascist thinking --private business, as long as the government is served

--deadly governmental "purging" a call for brotherhood teachings in tolerance

--cultural --religious --travel thought

--an uncompromising belief that they were the superior race the knowledge that German science could determine who was a valuable member of society and who wasn't the rhetoric that German firepower would overcome any opposition the belief that other countries wanted Germany to take control of their weak and unresponsive governments

interment centers --concentration camps intolerance cells alienation areas