POLS 1000 Lecture 5: october 21st
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The thirteen different colonies (1760) that shook off british rule. Each with their political systems, own form of mechanisms. 10 years down the road, the situation changed. Some people amongst them madison, arguing for some sort of federation. October 21st, 2015. amongst those 13 different states. In order to constitute what he called a republic. What he meant by a republic must be different from what the athenians called a democracy. Another state that used republic to use their system of politics. Other assemblies, ordinary people could vote on what senator states but cant create laws. If you have elections that included everyone, oligarchy would emerge. How to make sure that it does happen, problems founding fathers of america faced. Had to create a some degree of participation. Consider some way the mass of population into the united states. The way in which revolution was won by having rulers to rely on large parts of population.