4. What type of government did Athens develop after the Persian wars?

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1. The form of government where people vote on
laws A. Democracy B. Republic C.
Monarchy D. Dictatorship
2. The form of government where people vote for
representatives A. Democracy B.
Republic C. Monarchy D. Dictatorship
3. Who won the Peloponnesian war? A. Athens
B. Rome C. Persia D. Sparta
4. What type of government did Athens develop
after the Persian wars? A. Democracy B.
Republic C. Monarchy D. Dictatorship
5. During the period of the Roman Republic,
what type of government did Rome have? A.
Democracy B. Republic C. Monarchy D.
Dictatorship
6. Who won the Persian Wars? A. Persia
B. Rome C. Greece D. Egypt
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1. The form of government where people vote on
laws A. Democracy B. Republic C.
Monarchy D. Dictatorship
2. The form of government where people vote for
representatives A. Democracy B.
Republic C. Monarchy D. Dictatorship
3. Who won the Peloponnesian war? A. Athens
B. Rome C. Persia D. Sparta
4. What type of government did Athens develop
after the Persian wars? A. Democracy B.
Republic C. Monarchy D. Dictatorship
5. During the period of the Roman Republic,
what type of government did Rome have? A.
Democracy B. Republic C. Monarchy D.
Dictatorship
6. Who won the Persian Wars? A. Persia
B. Rome C. Greece D. Egypt
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Patricians
vs.
Plebeians
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Disenfranchised

• WOMEN

• SLAVES

• Women could not participate in government
  decisions, office or voting.
• Women were seen the same as children

• Slaves made up 1/3 of the population
• Slaves were mostly war captives who were owned by
  citizens and had no rights

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Plebeians

• The Plebeians were the lower class common folk
  of Rome.
• The Plebeians included the regular people in
  ancient Rome from well-to-do tradesmen all the
  way down to the very poor.

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Plebeians

• Plebeians were citizens w/ rights to vote
• Barred from holding office
• Many Plebeians were in heavy debt to the
  Patricians.

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Patricians

• Patricians were the upper class nobility of
  Rome.
• Patricians inherited their power and social
  status
• Ancestry gave patricians authority

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Patricians

• Patrician families controlled all
  societypolitics, religion, economics, military
• Magistrates, judges, and priests mostly came from
  the Patrician order
• Maintained power through economic suppression.

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Patricians
Plebeians
vs.
Invaders are coming and we need soldiers. The
Plebeians should fight for us.
I bet those Patricians will want us to go to war
for them.
Plebeians, you WILL go to war and fight for
ROME!!!!
For rights, we will fight for Rome.
We will not fight until we are given more
rights!!!!
Ok ok, we will give you rights if you help
protect us.
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Results

• Tribunes were finally developed to protect the
  rights of plebeians from unfair patricians
• The tribunes had veto power over other branches
  of government.

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The Twelve Tables

• Official laws that ensured that plebeians could
  not be surprised and would know the law.
• The Twelve Tables were posted in the Roman Forum
  for all to see.

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Activity
Plebeians
Patricians
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EXIT SLIP

• Write and describe how the differences and
  similarities between Plebeians and Patricians
  affected the stability of the Roman Republic.