<span>The system of democratic government that began to develop in the first decade of the 5th century B.C. in the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was a direct, rather than representative, democracy, and every adult male citizen could participate. An assembly of citizens and a council, or boule, met on an almost weekly basis and was responsible for deciding upon the civic and foreign policy affairs of the city-state. Not only were Athens' citizens encouraged to participate in the assembly meetings, those who did not participate were often ridiculed for their lack of involvement.</span>
The colonists opposed the taxes imposed on them after the French and Indian War. These taxes were known as the Stamp act. They required that all printed materials be printed in the UK. All the printed material was embossed with a revenue stamp. The English colonists considered it an infringement of their rights to have to pay the stamp tax. They were still considered British citizens and yet they were not granted the same rights as British citizens living in the UK
<span>Mikhail Gorbachev was the </span>last ruler
The American Revolutionary War lasted way longer than the French and Indian war
