Blog Day Nineteen: Rulers and Reforms

Today in class we finished taking notes on the information we have to know for our test. The test is going to be our next class which will be Thursday. To prepare I took good notes in class and I am going through each PowerPoint slide to make a through Quizlet of all the information we have to know about Greece. I took notes on a few people and their reforms to the Greek government. The first was Draco. His reform and rule began around 621 BCE. His reforms were that all Athenians are equal under the law, death is a punishment for most all crimes, and debt slavery is okay. Then, next was Solon. His rule and reforms began around 594 BCE. His reforms were that  all Athenian citizens can speak at the assembly, any citizen can press charges against wrongdoers, and that debt slavery was not okay and it was outlawed. Cleisthenes came next in the PowerPoint. His reforms were that citizens were allowed to submit laws for debate and the Council of 500 would counsel the assembly. These reforms happened around 500 BCE. We learned a lot in class today, and I'm hoping I paid enough attention to get a good grade on our test on Thursday.