Citizenship Throughout History

Athens

________: Grew out of a political order (direct democracy) that emerged as a result of an uprising against invaders who wanted to reinstall and oligarchy that allied the opposition.

France

Although the Revolution did not bring democracy to ________ (instead it led to the authoritarian rule of Napoleon Bonaparte), it introduced the ideals and principles in EuropeModern Era: America.

1789

In the US Constitution in ________, voting was restricted to white, property- owning Protestant men.

French Revolution

The ________ was marked by insurrections against the monarchy and mainly centered in Paris by common men (poor, craftsmen, intellectuals, etc .)

Rome

________: Citizenship in the Republic was a consequence- the overthrow of the monarchy.

Roman Republic

Like citizenship in ________- based on a certain level of acquisition of property which had no relevance to universal male suffrage.

Exclusivity

________ was further codified and protected in terms of consanguinity later (the mother must also be an Athenian native)

George Washington

Ideas adapted by the colonies (________, Thomas Jefferson) were the ideas of French philosophers of the Enlightenment who germinated ideas from the French Revolution.

Slaves

________ were not citizens, but freed ________ coils acquire citizenship.

British Crown

The colonists 'revolution against the ________ adopted in 1776 the Declaration of Independence.

Plebeians

________ (common men): craftsmen, performers, and productive jobs.

Athenian democracy

________ (existed for 200 years) and its practice of citizenship declined with the rise and expansion of the imperial power of Macedonia in the north which exercised control over Greece and Athens starting 338 BCE.Ancient Era: Rome.

Athenian citizenry

________ consists of free born males over the age of 21 with a narrative Athenian father.

America

________: Citizenship was constructed for the immediate consolidation of an independent America.

American women

________ struggled to have suffrage rights since 1848, but the right to vote for women was won only with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.

Redefinition of citizenship

________ has always been an intense and long struggle for inclusiveness.

French Convention of 1792

The ________ introduced the universal male suffrage (regardless of wealth or property), and the abolition of slavery, although both were revoked a few years later.

Athens

Citizenship in ________ happened around 500 BCE.

France

________: Citizenship Overthrow of Feudalism and the Monarchy by the popular insurrection in Paris.

Slaves

________ did not exercise civil and political rights.

Ancient Athens

This emerged with the rise of a revolutionary political system of direct democracy but had the exclusion in citizenry. The exercise of freedom of speech, while free, was driven towards unity and consensus. Its practice of citizenship declined with the rise and expansion of the imperial power of Macedonia in the north which exercised control.

Ancient Rome

Republic to empire; this was under a political system of oligarchy established after the overthrow of kingship or monarchy. Citizens were originally only for politicians but were gradually extended to plebeians who were later on allowed to acquire citizenship alongside residents of conquered territories, all of which enjoyed legal and social advantages.

Modern France

A political watershed in the evolution of modern democracy and citizenship; this revolution abolished feudalism and slavery, and introduced a declaration regarding the rights of man, as well as the universal male suffrage.

Modern America

Produced the Declaration of Independence which stated that: “all men are created equal”and that the government derives its power from the ‘consent of the governed. A Bill of Rights was added to its Constitution, but discrimination towards women and racism was still evident in its nation, problems that are still evident and are focal points of social movements today.

Athenian Democracy

Existed for 200 years; its practice of citizenship declined with the rise and expansion of the imperial power of Macedonia in the north which exercised control over Greece and Athens starting 338 BCE.

Plebeians

Common men; made up of craftsmen, performers, and those others who are in productive jobs.

Nominal Citizens

Some women were citizens but did not have rights.

Declaration of Rights

Passed in 1979; Men are born free and remain equal in rights; social distinctions can be founded only on the common good, the goal of any political association is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible right of man, and that the principle of sovereignty resides essentially in the nation.

Universal Male Suffrage

Introduced by the French Convention in 1792 alongside the abolition of slavery - both were revoked a few years later.

Jacobin Constitution

Most radical form; adopted and simplified much of the 1792 earlier draft on citizenship.

The French Revolution

This was marked by insurrections against the monarchy and resulted in many killings involving Swiss guards of the king and military people. This did not bring democracy to France (instead it led to the authoritarian rule of Napoleon Bonaparte) but it introduced the ideals and principles in Europe.

Declaration of Independence

This set that “all men are created equal” and that the government derives its power from the ‘consent of the governed'; it was the foundation of the power of the government and significantly contrasts with the idea/principle of the French Revolution.

Roman Politicians

This consisted of the noble class, wealthy landowners, and people from old families.

Slaves

Once freed by their masters, they become citizens in Rome.

Emperor

Ruled over the Roman Empire and held all power.