Athenian Gov't
- what type of gov't
- democracy
- always this type of gov't? if not how did it change?done
- who was allowed to participate?done
- the branch and bodies of gov't- me done.
- the 3 pillars
- the Assembly of the Demos
- male Athenian citizen gathered to listen to, discuss, and vote on things that affected Athenian life, whether it was public or private
- let the male Athenian citizen speak their minds and exercise their votes that had to do with the government of the city
- was the most central and most definitive institution of their democracy
- citizens were paid for attending that way poor would come without worrying about leaving work
- the Council of 500
- represented the full time gov't of Athens
- had 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten tribes, who served for one year
- could issue laws on its own, but main function was to prepare the agenda for meetings of the assembly
- would meet to talk about and vote on "Preliminary decrees"
- any of them that passed the Council's vote went on to the Assembly so they could discuss and vote on it.
- the People's Court
- the Heliaea and other courts where citizen juries would listen to cases would vote on whether or not someone was guilty, and vote on punishments for people who were guilty
- jurors would get one-half drachma a day(or 3 obols) for being in the jury
- had to be at least 30 years old to be in the jury
- they were all supplemented by:
- the Council of the Areopagus
- the Archons
- the Generals
- the Assembly of the Demos
- the 3 pillars
- did the people like it? jordan
- where there critics? if so what did they say - me
- key players. What did they do. done
- elections
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