https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s democracy en-us 2019-12-09 14:27:24 UTC 2019-12-09 14:55:42 UTC hello@padlet.com william_mullen1 https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421607338 Early Athens was governed by a small group of aristocrats, this was called oligarchy which means "ruled by a few." Peisistratus was the first one to over threw the oligarchy .]]> 2019-12-09 14:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421607338 william_mullen1 https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421607514 After Peisistratus over threw the oligarchy in 546 BC , Athens became a tyranny which means "ruled by a tyrant." ]]> 2019-12-09 14:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421607514 william_mullen1 https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421607812 Then soon after Peisistratus died a new leader named Cleisthenes and under his power he created the world's first democracy.]]> 2019-12-09 14:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421607812 william_mullen1 https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421608002 Democracy came to an end after Athens was conquered by the Macedonians , they kept Athens democratic government , but it was democracy but with very limited powers.]]> 2019-12-09 14:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421608002 william_mullen1 https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421608304 All citizens in Athens could participate directly in the government , we call this form of government "direct democracy." The US was too large for direct democracy.]]> 2019-12-09 14:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421608304 william_mullen1 https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421623714 The US created the "representative democracy" in this system the citizens elected the officials and then meet to make the country's laws and enforce them.]]> 2019-12-09 14:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/william_mullen1/uvujm308hv5s/wish/421623714