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Actually, representative democracy started with the English Revolution, in 1688. It was carried out so competently that no one got shot, and hardly anyone has
by thisrod 14y ago
Actually, representative democracy started with the English Revolution, in 1688. It was carried out so competently that no one got shot, and hardly anyone has heard of it.
- arethuza 14y agoUsually known as the "Glorious Revolution": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution Then there was the earlier Civil War where parliament fought a war to remove (and eventually execute) a king long before the French has a similar idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War