In the year 507 B.C., the Athenian leader Cleisthenes introduced a system of political reforms that he called demokratia, or “rule by the people. ... Although this Atheniandemocracy would survive for only two centuries, Cleisthenes' invention was one ofancient Greece's most enduring contributions to the modern world.
Generally speaking, while Alexander Hamilton supported merchants, Thomas Jefferson was more sympathetic toward the needs of "farmers", since Jefferson's view of the US was highly agrarian.
