Name: Miriam and Alexa Social Studies
Faction: Moderate Democracy Period:6-109
Subject: Citizenship The men who were citizens of Athens each had a say in making its laws and were allowed to vote for whatever politicians they wanted in regular elections. A person had to be born in Athens in order to be a citizen. All the citizens decided how the city was run, which was called Democracy. But many people believe that this was not really a democracy because women and children did not have citizen rights. There were some rich citizens. Regular citizens had to pay taxes. Some rich citizens even considered paying for performers. As Athenian society evolved, free men were divided between Citizens and Metis. A citizen was born
Faction: Moderate Democracy Period:6-109
Subject: Citizenship The men who were citizens of Athens each had a say in making its laws and were allowed to vote for whatever politicians they wanted in regular elections. A person had to be born in Athens in order to be a citizen. All the citizens decided how the city was run, which was called Democracy. But many people believe that this was not really a democracy because women and children did not have citizen rights. There were some rich citizens. Regular citizens had to pay taxes. Some rich citizens even considered paying for performers. As Athenian society evolved, free men were divided between Citizens and Metis. A citizen was born