Democratic Revolutions Multimedia Activity 5.4

Compare three characters or entities from ancient Greece (ones that are discussed in the documentary) and compare them to three characters or entities from the American Revolution. The meaning of “characters” should be obvious; by “entities” I mean anything non-human (e.g., institutions, city-states, offices, etc). Write at least 1-2 sentences justifying each comparison. Comparison #1: The ruling class entity played a crucial role both in the democratic revolution in ancient Greece and American Revolution as the persons in this group formulated laws that made the lives of common citizens difficult, such as high taxation. Consequently, the ordinary citizens in both America and Greece revolted against their rulers, a move which ended up introducing rapid and significant changes in the society…………