rise of democratic ideas
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- For a breif perioud in the mid 1600s _____ replaced Englands monarchy with a government that he called _____.
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Oliver Cromwell
Protectorate - By outsing _____ and placing William and Mary on the throne , Parliament established its right to limit the ower of the English monarchy.
- King James II
- In 1660 the monarchy was reinstated by Parliament which placed ____ on the throne.
- Charles Stuart
- what did greek civilization start as?
- city states
- each city state had its own system of what?
- government
- Athens was governed by a king who was replaced by what? Which made of three nobles who were chosen by an assembly of citizens.
- aristocracy
- who is regarded as the founder of democracy in Athens?
- Cleisthenes
- who initiated policies of political refrom including the determination of class of citizenship according to income rather than heredity?
- Solon
- who strengthedned Atheninan democracy by increasing the number of paid public officials which allowed pooer citizens to serve in the government?
- Pericles
- Englands legal system built on precedents determined by the decisions of royal justices and became known as...
- common law
- What allowed all citizens to participate in the decision making of goverment?
- direct democracy
- The romans established a government made up of separate branches which controlled foreign and financial policies, this is known as?
- Senate
- What expanded romes early laws into a legal code which has had a prfound impact on the laws of most Western countries?
- Justinian
- The romans demonstrated their respect for the democratic principles of justice and reason by adhering to written laws known as the what?
- Twelve Tables
- Jesus' followers believed that he was ....
- the messiah
- who developed the Jury trial?
- Henry II
- The first five books of the hebrew bible are called the...
- torah
- During the middle ages the roman catholic church became...
- authoritarian
- According to the Torah whome did God choose to be "father" of the Hebrews?
- Abraham
- Protestants wanted to reform the catholic church in the 1th century because they believed that the church...
- was too powerful
- The renewd interest non church matters which arose in 14th century italy was called the what?
- renaissance
- what could influence the governing of england by withholding or granting financial support to the king?
- "power of the purse"
- englands monarchy began to lose its power when King John was forced by english nobles to sign the...
- Magna Carta
- because the what had "power of the purse" if could influence the governing of england?
- Parliament
- who believed that the best government to maintain peace in a society was absolute monarchy?
- Thomas Hobbes
- After the French Revolution, napoleon Boneparte created a _____.
- Dictatorship
- The American colonists resented the taxes assessed against them by what?
- parliament
- Before the present US constitution was framed the states were organized according to the _________.
- Articles of confederation
- In France the commoners abndoned the Estates General and formed a what?
- National Assembly
- Rousseau believed that the only government that was legitimate came from _______.
- the consent of people
- Baron de Montesquieo conclued that government could best be kept under control if it were divided into three separate branches. True or False?
- true
- In its Declaration of Human Rights the _____ set forth ideals of how people should be treated.
- United States
- By accepting the English Bill of Rights from Parliament, William and Mary agreed to limit their authority and England at last became a ________.
- constitutional monarchy
- Parliament established its right to limit the power of the English Monarchy, an event which became known as _______.
- Glorious Revolution
- European monarchs claimed that their authority to rule was given to them by _____ and that any opposition to them was a sin.
- divine right
- The religion of the hebrew people was called what?
- Judaism
- what did the romans set up in which citizens chose representatives to make the decisions?
- republic
- who learned about greek democracy when they defeated the greeks in a war for control of the italian peninsula?
- Romans
- One of the branches of the UN the ______ operated like a democracy.
- General assembly
- Charles Stuart began the period known as the ______.
- Restoration