2007-10-06 15:05:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Britain was first.
US is only the first if you include a written constitution as a prerequisite for a democracy.
Peace.
2007-10-06 15:15:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The U.S. constitution is a model for all aspiring democracies.
2007-10-06 22:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, Great Britain was a democracy before the US (though I do admire the US constitution).
2007-10-06 22:13:30 · answer #3 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The United Provinces of the Netherlands who won Independance in 1581 was the first. Its principles of Religious freedoms and tolerance, sharing of provincial and national powers with decentralized government not to mention their constituion influenced the founding of the US and its own constitution
2007-10-06 23:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by Roderick F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When people speak of "modern democracy", they mean "liberal democracy", not "parliamentary democracy".
Yes, the US was the first.
Parliamentary democracy is relatively ancient compared to liberal democracy.
2007-10-06 22:33:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋