roots of american governmentAncient Greece,Rome,France and England
ROOTS
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Ancient Greece and Direct Democracy
This is a form of government in which citizens rule and make laws directly rather than through representatives. In Athens, more citizens were actively involved in government than in any other city- state.
In a speech, Pericles expressed his great pride in Athenian democracy when he said, “Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people.”
Rome and the Republic
In 509 B.C., a group of Roman aristocrats overthrew a harsh king. They set up a new government, calling it a republic. A republic is a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to elect the leaders who make governmental decisions. It is an indirect democracy, in contrast to the direct democ-racy in which all citizens participate directly in the government. In Rome, as in Greece, citizenship with voting rights was granted only to free-born males.
The Magna Carta
The first time in history that a Monarch’s(king) power was limited by the aristocracy
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=114193
English Bill of Rights
1689-the Parliament (its LEGISLATIVE BRANCH) became more powerful than the Monarch
The Parliament created the English Bill of Rights
What might be some of those rights?
What is reason?Ask John Locke...
Reason= the power and the ability to think clearly
Law of Nature?
John Locke- Natural Rights
The right to life
The right to liberty
The right to pursuit of happiness
What is Separation of Powers?Ask
Montesquieu...
A system of CHECKS and BALANCES
Montestesquieu (French)
List three influences on the United States of
America’s government