2. A Little History
Democracy first began in Ancient Greece, over 2,000 years ago, but they didn’t
really last that long because the king had the power in the countries. Around the
1200’s though, a couple rulers started allowing certain citizens to be part of the
government. By the 17th and 18th century, groups of people started to think
that everyone had certain rights. In North America, colonists started to think
that they didn’t have enough rights so they won a war to freedom and
established the United States.
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3. How does Democracy
Work??
In a democracy, there is either an elected leader or a council
that votes the decision.
✻ Representative Democracy is where different groups of citizens
vote for people to go in a group and discuss the rules
✻ Direct Democracy is where a leader is chosen or a decision is
made by the majority of votes from the citizens
Well... First, the people or a group of people ask for a decision,
like if a group of people asked that guns be allowed in the USA,
and if it seemed like a good idea, a council would take it under
consideration, and when the council came to their final decision,
it gets passed on to a president, who says either yes or no to the
decision.
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4. IMPACT
It allows the citizens to choose what
they want and gives them liberty. But
sometimes the people vote for the
wrong decisions, the country goes in to
chaos and people get hurt. Sometimes
it is not a good leader like George Bush
when he told the Americans to shop.
Of course, sending your country to
battle the government in another
country to try and save the people,
might be heroic, but the truth is, you
are, in a way, just putting them in more
danger because the government will
obviously fight back.
Another scenario is that your country is
a democracy, but there is a dictator
running, and since the dictator is
making false promises, he is getting
more votes than the honest, virtuous
candidate.
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5. ROLES
There are many roles in a democracy including the Supreme Court,
the Executive President, and the President. There are three
branches: The Executive Branch, which is responsible for carrying
out the laws, The Judicial Branch- which is responsible for the
administration of justice, and The Legislative Branch- Which is the
Branch that makes the laws.
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6. RIGHTS
Here are some of the rights in a country that uses
democracy... USA:
• To speak their opinion • To follow a different
Photo of the Bill of Rights
religion
• To vote
• To not have soldiers in
you house • To not have your house
searched
• To not go to trial if not
accused by a Grand • To not testify against
Jury yourself
• To not pay excessive bail • To have a public trial
• To not be a slave • To have freedom of the
press
• To own a weapon
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