ANCIENT GREEK GOVERMENTS

Monarchy

• Ruled by a king
• King Made laws and decisions
• Mycanae in 2000 BC

CITIZENS OF MONARCHY

• Didn't like monarchy
• Had no say
• Hostile attitude
• Rebellion was inevitable

Aristocracy

• Noble, landowning families ruled
• Families made decisions and laws
• Athens prior to 594 BC

Response to Aristocracy

• Common people varied in opinion
• Wealthy Merchants and Artisans disliked it
• They were the ones who probably started an uprise

Oligarchy

• Few powerful people ruled
• These people created laws
• Also made decisions

Oligarchy's Citizens

• The common people didn't mind it
• The poor people disliked it
• The poor were the most likely to revolt

Tyranny

• Ruled by a single man
• Man gained power by support of the poor
• Corinth in the sixth century

Tyranny's response

• The poor and common people liked tyranny
• They looked up to the tyrant
• Richer people did not like it
• They wanted to start a revolution

Democracy

• Ruled by the people
• Laws voted upon by the people
• Decisions made by 18 year old landowning males
• Athens in 500 BC.

THE PEOPLE OF DEMOCRACY

• People loved Democracy
• They contributed in it
• Not a lot of people disliked it
• People felt like they had an obligation
• The obligation was to vote upon things