ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY VS CANADIAN DEMOCRACY
HOW ARE THEY ALIKE
-they both have jury's in court cases
-had some form of democracy
-had different levels of government(the council of 500, the assembly, the court, federal, provincial, municipal)
-had some form of democracy
-had different levels of government(the council of 500, the assembly, the court, federal, provincial, municipal)
HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT
ATHENS-woman were citizens but could not vote
-only free male citizens could vote -council was chosen by lottery -laws were voted on -no judges or lawyers -if council member is not doing a good job they can all choose to exile him for 10 years |
CANADA-everyone is a citizen but if your not born in Canada you can receive citizenship
-people over 18 could vote for who is in their government -laws are made by government -you could be voted out in next election |