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Syeda answered 11 month(s) ago

how has democracy expanded throughtout the world ?

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The French Revolution of 1789, established a secure and stable democracy in France. After that, democracy in France was overthrown and restored several times. Yet they inspired many struggles for democracy all over Europe.
In Britaim the progress towards democracy started much before the French Revolution, but the progress was very slow. By 18th and 19th centuries, the right to vote was granted to more and more people.
Around the same time, the British colonies in North America declared themselves independent in 1776. These colonies then came together to form the United States of America and adopted a democratic constitutuion in 1787.
Mnay European countries that were becoming more democratic did not initially allow all people to vote. Often women did not have right to vote. In US, the blacks did not have the right to vote until 1965.
Those struggling for democracy wanted "universal adult franchise" to be alloted to all. By 1900, New Zealand was the only country where every adult had voting rights