Origin of Democracy in the USA
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The document summarizes the origins and influences of democracy in the United States. It traces influences back to ancient Athens with their direct democracy model and the establishment of citizenship rights. Rome developed one of the first republics with a hierarchy between patricians and plebeians. The Judeo-Christian tradition emphasized equality and individual rights that influenced American ideals. English law and documents like the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and English Bill of Rights established limits on royal power and influenced the creation of Parliament. Enlightenment thinkers including Locke further developed ideas of natural rights and limited government that informed America's founding documents and system of democracy.
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Origin of Democracy in the USA
- 1. The Origin of Democracy in the United States The Influence of Greek, Roman, Judeo-Christian, English Ideas and the Enlightenment
- 2. Athens 500 BCE • demos kratos • direct democracy • Who was a citizen? • Council of 500 • role of assembly • role of slaves
- 3. Rome 6th c. BCE Key facts • • first republic • • patrician vs plebeian established a clear hierarchy 12 Tables Structure of gov • two consuls (executive • • • magistrates/praetors and judicial power) senate assembly
- 4. Judeo-Christian Tradition • Ten Commandments (murder, theft, lying...) • “...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...” (DOI) • Leviticus 25:10--”Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” • Genesis 8:21--all men are sinners
- 5. English Influence: Part 1 • Magna Carta (Great Charter) 1215 • move to limit the power of the king • creation of Parliament • king must follow laws • due process • short vs long-term effects
- 6. English Influence: Part 2 • Petition of Right (1628) • Glorious Revolution (1689) • English Bill of Rights (1689) • Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (1690) • Commentaries on the Law (1765)
- 7. What to study... • • • • • • • Road to the Constitution ppt • Origins of Democracy in the USA Examining the Constitution chart DOI vs Constitution chart Checks and balances chart Federalist vs Anti-Federalist papers Bill of Rights illustrations Bill of Rights in Action examples (1st, 4th and 8th Amendments)