Title: 
Headings: Four Forms of Government in Ancient Greece
Four
 
Forms
 
of
 
Government
 
in
 
Ancient
 
Greece
 

Monarchy
 

Oligarchy

 

Tyranny
 

Democracy

 

~
 
 
The
 
Development
 
of
 
Democracy
 
in
 
Ancient
 
Greece
 


 
 
Monarchy
 
Oligarchy
 
Tyranny
 
Democracy
 
•


Content: Once
 
in
 
power,
 
these
 
leaders-or
 
tyrants-often
 
reformed
 
the
 
laws,
 
aided
 
the
 
poor,
 
canceled
 
debts,
 
and
 
gave
 
citizens
 
other
 
than
 
nobles
 
a
 
say
 
in
 
the
 
government. As
 
a
 
reward,
 
citizens
 
often
 
gave
 
gifts
 
to
 
tyrants,
 
who
 
in
 
tum
 
became
 
quite
 
wealthy. Many
 
tyrants
 
ruled
 
for
 
short
 
periods
 
of
 
time. In
 
some
 
city-states,
 
tyrants
 
became
 
harsh
 
and
 
greedy,
 
and
 
were
 
simply
 
overthrown
 
by
 
the
 
people. The
 
last
 
important
 
tyrant
 
to
 
rule
 
mainland
 
Greece
 
was
 
Hippias
 
of
 
the
 
city-state
 
of
 
Athens. In
 
510
 
B.C.E.
 
a
 
combination
 
of
 
Spartan
 
invaders
 
and
 
Athenians,
 
who
 
were
 
opposed
 
to
 
his
 
harsh
 
rule,
 
forced
 
Hippias
 
to
 
resign
 
and
 
leave
 
Greece. A
 
new
 
form
 
of
 
government-one
 
in
 
which
 
all
 
citizens
 
shared
 
in
 
the
 
decision
 
making-eventually
 
replaced
 
him. Teachers'
 
Curriculum
 
Institute
 
          
107
 
Democracy

 

 
democracy
 
is
 
a
 
form
 
of
 
governnlent
 
in
 
which
 
the
 
ruling
 
power
 
is
 
in
 
the
 
hands
 
of
 
all
 
the
 
people. The
 
word
 
democracy
 
comes
 
from
 
the
 
Greek
 
terms
 
demos
 
(meaning
 
"people")
 
and
 
kratos
 
(meaning
 
"power"). Democracy
 
developed
 
in
 
ancient
 
Greece
 
around
 
500
 
B.C.E.
 
in
 
the
 
city-state
 
of
 
Athens,
 
where
 
many
 
people
 
began
 
to
 
oppose
 
the
 
rule
 
of
 
the
 
tyrants.