Throughout history different ideologies have been captured by different government institutions and implemented in the creation of the United States government. Both the Roman Republic and the Athenian democracy have a great impact on our government today. The Roman Republic, on the other hand, uses many different concepts from different types of government and puts them into practice in their own government. Furthermore, Athenian democracy shares many similarities with our government such as equality before the law, meritocracy, and open society. Through basic understanding of these two institutions we can understand more about our government. Some key aspects used in our government today are majority rules, checks and balances, freedom of religion, Habeas Corpus, and the implementation of different government ideologies to form a government in order to further strengthen and stabilize it. Finally, we can look at how these ideas were used in the past and how they are implemented today. Here we learn that Athenian democracy greatly influences the idea of ​​majority rules. If we take a look at the Declaration of Independence it states the fact that the colonies lacked democracy, in fact Great Britain established a monarchy at the time. Considering their condition at the time and how the colonies despised having a monarchy, they made sure that the disadvantages and consequences of having one were mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. Accordingly, the Declaration of Independence states that "[the king] refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of the people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature..." Furthermore, how the quote… at the center of the paper… is analyzed, all having as their direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.” Considering the previous quote we can conclude that the administration of Great Britain did not use the same approach as the Roman Republic, but it strove for a type of administration, and according to Jefferson it was a tyranny. Furthermore, it describes it as “repeated injury,” meaning the administration is not effective. Furthermore, given the fact that the colonies despised the British Empire and detested its administration and policies, it would be logical to think that when the colonies declare independence from the empire they will not repeat what their suppressors did, let alone to reflect their actions. Looking at our government today one can perceive many similarities shared with the administration of the Roman Republic.