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| How was athens first ruled? |
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| who took over the government after kings? |
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| nobles, merchants, manufacturers |
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| what kind of government did the nobles, merchants, and manufacturers set up? |
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| form of government in which few people have the ruling power. |
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| why did the government have to be changed? |
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| fights broke out btw. the rulers and farmers and artisans over land ownership. upper class people did not want an uprising against the government so they made some reforms. to do this they had to change the government. |
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| who was the first person who tried to change the government? |
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| Draco, a noble whose punishments were too harsh. b/c of this, he failed |
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| who was the next person who tried to change the government of sparta? |
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| a rich merchant named solon prepared a constitution |
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| a set of principals and rules for governing |
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