Essay About Power Of The People And Direct Democracy

The Ancient Greeks and Democracy
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Democracy is Power of the People. This was defined by the Greeks who first thought
up democracy. The meaning we use now is, a government by the people exercised or
directly through an elected representative. The terms politics, democracy and republic
all originated from Greece and from Rome. The key idea of democracy is that the
people hold sovereign power (textbook pg. 19) Democracy is one of the major aspects
of the government, it holds the most power at of all of them. Democracy takes on in two
different forms: direct democracy and representative democracy. Direct democracy was
created by the Greeks. And the representative was reated by the Romans. Democracy
was thought up around 700 to 300 B.C. The Greeks, contributed the most to the
thoughts and creation of democracy, and they have had the biggest impact on
democracy and to our government.
The oldest ideas of government came from the ancient Greek philosopher
Aristotle. He created three groups, that all governments belong to: autocracy ( rule by
one person) 2. Oligarchy (ruled by a few persons) and 3 Democracy(which is ruled by
many people.) Pericles, a leader in ancient Greece said Our constitution is named a
democracy because it is hands not of the few, but of many. People thought(think) that
democracy was the best form of government because it involves all the people. Except
once the people in Greece, started voting for there elected government only certain
people could vote such as: they had to be a man, a citizen of Greece, own land, and
they had to be white.
The first ideas of democracy and government came from Ancient Greece. When
Aristotle was one of the first people to study the polis, an ancient Greece city-state. The
Greeks came up with many ideas for there government. One of the most important
things they thought of direct democracy. Direct democracy is based on the thought of
that all citizens debate and decide laws in what is called an assembly. Through this
majority ruled” was created it is who ever had the most votes after the assembly
ajorend they would announce the winner or the new law created. Voting, majority rule,
direct democracy, and the assembly was all created the Greeks. And in
todays
modern democracy we still use these ideas.
When there is an election, we use voting
process