https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g Made with the help of a textbook. en-us 2018-11-29 14:19:41 UTC 2018-11-30 14:22:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309292157 Though the Greeks are known for democracy they didn't start out that way and not all of them became democratic]]> 2018-11-29 14:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309292157 tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309293139 In early Athens kings ruled  the city states. Later rich landowners known as aristocrats took power and the government became an oligarchy which is a government where only a few people have power.]]> 2018-11-29 14:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309293139 tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309295628 Then mister Draco took over and he made lots of unfair rules. He came to power because of a failed attempt at an uprising. ]]> 2018-11-29 14:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309295628 tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309296943 The people found that the laws were too strict and a man named Solon came and changed the rules and all the free men became known as citizens or people who had the right to participate in government.]]> 2018-11-29 14:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309296943 tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309299254 Soon there was a rise of people known as tyrants or a leader who held power through use of force. Peisistratus was a strong leader who built and kept a strong army. When he died his son took power but the power was taken after a planed attack on the army and the tyrants lost power. The aristocrats soon took power again]]> 2018-11-29 14:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309299254 tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309302339 Around 500 BC a new leader named Cleisthenes took power he got help from the people and overtook the aristocrats and established a new form of government. And under his rule Athens developed the worlds first democracy. Under his rule all citizens had the right to participate in assembly and voting. ]]> 2018-11-29 14:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309302339 tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309306052 Democracy remained in Athens for about 170 years . It reached its height under a ruler named Pericles who led the government from 460 BC to his death in 429 BC he encouraged the people to take pride in their government.]]> 2018-11-29 14:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309306052 tristan_mccay https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309308200 Democracy ended after Macedonia took control of Athens. For a little while the Athens still had the democracy but it was not as it had been before and eventually the new ruler took away their power of democracy forever.]]> 2018-11-29 14:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tristan_mccay/jzcill0per9g/wish/309308200