How many democracies were in the world in the 1700s?

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How many democracies were in the world in the 1700s?

2006-07-31 04:01:01 · 2 answers · asked by sodium777 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government

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Zero. That includes the United States, which is a republic, not a democracy. The closest thing to a democracy in the 1700s was France during their revolution--no clearer example exists as to why pure democracy should be avoided like the plague it is.

2006-07-31 04:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by nacmanpriscasellers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yes actually there was some government but THEY DIDN"T have democrats and republicans then i think they had wigs and umm i dn't know the other one but that didn't start with washington they just kinda chose him

2006-08-01 19:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by chippychip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋