1. Athens & the United
States Governments
By Andrew Palomba

2. The Athens Government
● It was the most important and popular body
● All males who live in Athens could take part in the
Assembly

3. ● The first 6000 Athenians who participate in the
Assembly were the only ones who could vote for actions
in Greece
● The Athenian Assembly and Council had 2 different
responsibilities

4. ● The Council would create an offer and the Assembly
would decide whether or not to accept it
● Athens could only be considered a democracy if they
ensure that women, slaves,and immigrants dont vote in
the Assembly

5. ● No one except for Solon who made the Council knows
what it really is
● The 50 people who work in the Council have the duty
for every 1/10 of every year is to check any companies
that need quick attention

6. ● The Council contains about 50 people from each of the
10 tribes
● The Council's job was to connect the Athenians together
no matter where they live and who their relatives were

7. ● But the Council's main purpose is to create laws for the
Assembly to decide on
● The Council was also in charge of certain purposes that
involve the government

8. The United States Government
● The Supreme law allowed all the states to unit as one
but the law also protects them as individual states
● To make sure that no one accesses too much power the
founders created the government to separate the laws

9. ● Each specific government is balanced by powers to
make them all equal
● The Supreme Court creates the laws and the executive
branch decides whether to accept the specific law or not

10. ● If the president viteos the law the legislative branch can
overrule the veto and accept the law anyway
● It all depends on how important the law is for the
legislative branch to want to overrule the veto

11. ● The "perfect union" is a government that would serve
the people and also have a long lived life so they can
serve the people for a long time
● The government would also be a great example to other
nations around every continent

12. ● A group called the framers of the Constitution tried to
create what they consider to be "the perfect union" while
the balanced was being created

13. ● The United States government was created to bring
happiness and pleasure to the people of the united
states
● The principle was formulated in 1788 with the ratification
of the Constitution

14. The Comparison between the 2
Governments
● The U.S's government isn't a democracy and Athens
government was a democracy
● Athens government is more advanced than the U.S's
government

15. ● The U.S's government is a Constitutional Republic and
Athens government is not
● The U.S's Constitutional Republic is an imperfection
because their citizens don't always agree with the
decisions the Republic makes

16. ● The U.S's Constitutional Republic is better than Athens
democracy because it is better at protecting its citizens
● Athens government has 2 main bodies and the U.S's
government has 3