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1) 700 to 800 years before the common era B.C.E.
2) This government was open to all males over the age of 18.
3) The people who were in power were randomly selected and only served one year terms. The central feature was assembly.

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1) 509 B.C. to the end of the first century B.C.
2) There were two social classes, patricians which were mostly rich, upper class, landowning aristocrats, and plebeians which are the common people.
3) This government was centered in the senate. Two consuls were chosen by the Senate, and Senators were chosen by the citizens.

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1) Fifth Centry A.D., marked the beginning of the Middle Ages.
2) At the top of this government were Lords, sometimes monarchs, then there were lesser Lords that were loyal to the Lords, and then the Serfs or the peasants.
3) The Lords divided their land among the lesser Lords and ruled over the people that were loyal to them, the Serfs were loyal to the Lord who owned the land their farms were on.

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1) The Middle Age, the origins at the birth of Christianity and the death of Jesus in A.D. 33.
2) The Pope and his Bishops rule the land, vied with other monarchs and Lords for political and religious influence.
3) The Roman Catholic Church became powerful due to the spread of Christianity in Europe.

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1) The late 1400's
2) The monarchs had absolute or nearly absolute power, didn't need the support of the Lords, and they could ignore popular assemblies for long periods of time.
3) Monarchs were recognized as the strongest individuals who could best govern a state, protect the people, and make laws for the nation and the people
4) Two nations that are or were monarchies are England and Spain. In England most of the power relies on the head of the state but the ability to make and pass legislation relies on the elected parliament. In Spain the leader has the right to call for the referendums at any time. Both of these countries have a constitution though.

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1) The late 1400's and the early 1500's
2) Colonialism is the control of one nation over lands that are abroad. European beliefs spread around the world as rival nations competed for colonial possessions.
3) Due to trading and competition there was power brought to merchants.

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1) The late 1400's and the late 1500's , came from Colonialism
2) Mercantilism is an economic and political theory emphasizing money as a chief source of wealth to increase the absolute power of the monarchy and the nation.  The Monarchs and merchants were a big part of this government.
3) Monarchs sought to fill their own treasuries and enhance their nations power. Expanded when Europeans reached Western Hemisphere.

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1) The beginning of the eighteenth centry
2) The people took control of the government because of the ideas of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Francois-Marie Arouet, Baron de Montesquieu, and William Blackston.
3) Reason and secular thinking were taking over religious thinking, the people wanted to stop some of the monarchs from abusing their power and had new ideas of what a government should look like.