https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg Made with wonder en-us 2019-12-09 15:18:22 UTC 2019-12-10 15:41:28 UTC hello@padlet.com anna_armstrong4 https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421647384 Early Athens was governed by a small group of powerful aristocrats. This type of government  is called an oligarchy. Oligarchy means "rule by a few."]]> 2019-12-09 15:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421647384 anna_armstrong4 https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421653159 Peisistratus over threw the oligarchy in 546 BC, and Athens became a tyranny. Tyranny means '"rule by a tyrant"-a strong leader who has power. ]]> 2019-12-09 15:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421653159 anna_armstrong4 https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421656227 Around 500 BC Athens became a democracy. Democracy means "rule by the people." For the first time in history, a government was based on the votes of its citizens. ]]> 2019-12-09 15:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421656227 anna_armstrong4 https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421661115 Peisistratus was called a tyrant which meant a leader who held power through the use of force. Today the word tyrant means a "ruler who is harsh."]]> 2019-12-09 15:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421661115 anna_armstrong4 https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421668818 Under Solon's laws, all free men living in Athens became citizens. people who had the right to participate in government ]]> 2019-12-09 15:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/421668818 anna_armstrong4 https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/422218011 Around 500 BC a new leader named cleisthenes gained power in Athens. Although he was a member of one of the most powerful families in Athens, cleisthenes didn't want aristocrats to run the government. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_armstrong4/vvtrtfb8x4vg/wish/422218011