But, for about 100 years, thousands of years ago, ancient Athens had a direct democracy, or a government in which all citizens vote on rules and laws. It is one of their finest gifts from the Greeks! Representative Democracy: A representative democracy is a government whose citizens vote for representatives.
The belief generally led to bills that supported people who decided to
move out west. Thus, many people moved out west, which led directly to
Indians loosing land, Mexico loosing lands, and indirectly the
California Gold rush, and many many other things.
In October 1973<span>, </span>OPEC<span> declared </span>an oil embargo<span> in response to the United States</span><span>' and Western Europe's support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War of </span>1973<span>. The </span>result<span> was a rise in oil prices from $3 per barrel to $12 and the commencement of gas rationing.</span>
