History of Democracy

By Gazou
  • 700 BCE

    Greek Democracy

    Ancient Greeks had the first democratic system
  • 509

    Roman democracy

    Roman democracy
    Rome declared a republic after the people rebelled against the king
  • Jun 12, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

    Signing of the Magna Carta
    It limited the kings right

  • American revolution

    American revolution
    Created the first true democracy

  • French Revolution

    French Revolution
    Middle class of France overthrew their monarch king Louis XVI and queen Marie Antoinette and put to death by guillotene

  • Communism

    Communism
    Karl max wrote it in 1848 called the communist manifesto outlining communist

  • Fascism

    Fascism
    Started after ww1 in Italy formed by Benito Mussolini

  • Nazism

    Nazism
    A political party in Germany that included totalitarian principles and Germans that assumed to be superior and supremacy

  • United Nations

    United Nations
    An international group made after ww2 in order to organize economic and social development and to prevent further conflict around the world