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Citizens in ancient Greek city states developed ideas about representation that established direct democracy
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We elect people to represent us, therefore, it is a representative democracy.
The Mayflower compact would be a better example of Direct Democracy then Indirect Democracy. This is because the agreement was ment so that the British Gov could not easily control them as everyone would have a say in it and decide wether it was wise to let the Britsh Gov interfere. An Indirect demo would be where citizens would tell their elected official their opinions and he would report to the king. Our US gov is a good example of Indirect democracy though it also shares a few beliefs with Direct Democracy.
Sovereignty being exercised by an assembly of all of the citizens is an example of direct democracy. It could also be referred to as pure democracy.