Respuesta :

Athens was a direct democracy, able citizens voted directly on bills and legislation. On the other hand, the US is a representative democracy. An elected official represents a group of people

Ancient Athens was the ancient democracy of the world whereas USA is the modern democracy.

Further Explanation:

The origin of democracy can be traced back to Athens  in the Ancient Greece. The idea of popular participation by people in choosing their leaders emerge from the political philosophers of that Rousseau, Aristotle, Machiavelli. Rousseau “Real Will” which includes sum total of all the real wills of people affirms the essence of democracy which means People’s participation in decision-making of the government. In fact Hannah Arendt  also favoured  civic participation. All these ideologies and ideas are taken by the present form of democracies. USA Constitution have inherited many ideas from Ancient Democracy the natural rights, sovereignty  of government. With time the concept of state have evolved from the Traditional Monarchies to city states to nowadays modern states. The  American Revolution and French  Revolution also favoured certain ideals of democracy like liberty equality and fraternity.

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Political Science

Keywords: Ancient Greece, real will, democracy, liberty equality and fraternity.