Todays Class notes

          Today's class was about democracy in its earlier beginning stages. It all started in Athens, Rome. Athens Rome attracted a lot of brilliant thinkers which is why the economy was so extravagant back then for the time. Visitors from all over the world would share their meteorology, literature, philosophy, and all things scientific. One man named Socrates questioned the Roman government and thought other people and the youth about his ideas. This was against the laws back then because the government didn't want people think for their own because then there would be a change they would over through the government if they didn't like what was happening. And that's what happened. Since Socrates thought differently and told over people about it that got people thinking. After a little while Socrates was arrested and put on trial. The thing is, is that when he was on trail he didn't deny what he did. After the jury came to a verdict, he was sentence guilty but out of a 500 person jury 221 of they said innocent which is pretty big because a little while ago they all would have said guilty. Sadly though he was sentenced to death and he had to drink poison. After his death democracy was born. Democracy is what happens is by the will and say of the people. So, if the were all voting whether or not to pave a road every citizen would vote yes or no. After everyone has voted, someone would say what happens next and what ever side had more votes, the action would be or not be taken place. Also during this time people would speak and say why or why not the road should be paved. For example if someone that sells jars full of olive oil would say "I want the road paved because it very bumpy and some of my jars always break. But if someone that doesn't want the road paved would say something too like,"I sell clothing and it works just fine for me so I don't want to have to waste tax money that I paid on something useful for me. And that is democracy unlike before where there was a king and he would tell everyone what to do and when to do it when he sees fit. This is how democracy works and how it was created.