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Ancient Greece Governments Friday January 8, 2016 Homework: Review materials, Quarterly Test 1/20, Greek Test 1/28, Greek Day 1/29 Focus: 1. If you owe me work – please show me today! 2. Pick up handout for today. You need pen or pencil, and probably highlighters or coloring supplies. Monarchy Head of State Who are the decision makers? How is power acquired? How much power do the people have? How are political freedoms determined? Oligarchy Tyranny Democracy City-States • Because of the unique geography of Greece, many of its cities were established on islands, or separated by the hills and mountains of the mainland. • For this reason, ancient Greeks formed independent city-states, rather than one united civilization like those in ancient Egypt or Rome. • The systems of government used to rule these city-states went through many changes over time. Monarchy • During the Mycenaean period (c. 1400–1150 BCE), most city-states were ruled by monarchies, a system of government where one person—the king or queen—has the power to rule. • Monarchy comes from the Greek mono-, meaning one, and archos, meaning leader. • Monarchies in Greece were hereditary. When a king died, his son or, rarely, his daughter would inherit power and become the new king or queen. • Kings often had many advisers and officials from the upper class to help them make decisions. Depending on the city-state, the king’s advisers had varying amounts of power. Oligarchy • The natural isolation of the Greek city-states meant they each developed independently. Still, they often followed the same general trends. As the power of the kings grew, the people they ruled became more discontented. • Eventually, the people overthrew the kings and established oligarchies, or governments where only a few people hold power. • Oligarchies usually consisted of members of the upper classes, those with the most wealth and property. They lived extravagant lives, while the working people produced most of the city-state’s resources. • The governments passed unpopular laws they implemented by force. • Although some city-states remained oligarchies well after the Persian Wars, by the 600s BCE, people in many city-states disliked the oligarchies enough to seek another form of government. Tyranny • Many Greeks sought the help of powerful individuals to remove the members of the oligarchies from power. Usually, these powerful individuals were people in the military. These men used a variety of means to gain control, from political tactics to violence. • After removing the oligarchs from power, many of these men established themselves as the absolute rulers of their respective city-states. This meant they had complete control of all aspects of government. • This type of government is known as a tyranny. Although today the word tyrant, the leader of a tyranny, has a negative connotation, in ancient Greece the term was used to describe any leader who had taken power by overthrowing the previously established government. • Many tyrants in ancient Greece were popular leaders who improved life for many Greeks. However, in some Greek city-states, tyrants did abuse their power. Democracy • In 510 BCE, the tyrant Hippias, who ruled Athens, was removed from power by a Spartan. This Spartan hoped to establish an oligarchy that would give Sparta some control over Athens. However, the Athenians resisted the leaders the Spartans tried to install. The aristocracy battled for control for a few years, but around 508 BCE, Athens established a new form of government. • The new government of Athens was known as a democracy. The word democracy comes from the Greek demos, meaning people, and kratos, meaning power. In democracies, all citizens, or members of the city-state, share the power of ruling. • Athenian democracy developed slowly, as a series of statesmen, or political leaders, made reforms, or changes, over time that allowed citizens greater participation in the government. These reforms gave individuals some fundamental rights. They protected the freedom of Athenians against being enslaved because of debt. They allowed anyone to seek damages on behalf of a wronged person. They even provided people with the right to appeal against the decisions of officials. • In addition, these reforms also broke down the aristocratic monopoly of office-holding. Now the offices were open to people from the top three classes. Several other Greek city-states also developed democracies during this time, but the government of Athens had the greatest influence on modern democratic governments around the world. • Athens established an assembly that created its laws. Officeholders, or members of the government, were paid a set salary so that any citizen could pursue governmental positions—public office— regardless of his economic status. Any Athenian citizen could speak, vote in the assembly, or serve in public office. Activity: 1. Join your designated group. Read your designated handout. 2. Discuss the main ideas and then answer the questions into your graphic organizer. 3. Move back to your table. One at a time – please share the main ideas with your group. Place the information into your graphic organizer. Activity: •1. Prepare for whole group discussion/review/clarification. •2. Complete this on the back of your graphic organizer – As a group, come up with pros and cons for each type of government….get at least two for each. Think About It! As a group, you will be provided with a government and have to “sell” this type of government to the modern citizens of the United States! Try to find at least three reasons why this type of government would be beneficial (helpful) to the American people…….. Athenian Leaders Select one of the rulers involved in the government of Athens. Create a slogan that best illustrates the impact of this ruler. Include the type of government they used and how they impacted the people and government of Athens. •Draco •Solon •Peisistratus •Cleisthenes •Pericles