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Where was the first election held?

The word "election" comes from the Latin language, where it also means "to make a choice." In the elections, people felt that they had the right to choose their leader. And so it has been for millennia. The ancient Jews and Greeks fought for this right. The first kings of Israel, as well as generals in ancient Greece, were elected by vote.

The tradition of free elections was brought to England during the Anglo-Saxon conquests about 1500 years ago. Thus the right to vote for local officials became part of the English way of life and was carried over to America by the early colonizers. Even before the American Revolution, Americans voted in their town meetings and colonial assemblies. But in the issue of elections there was a big problem: who has the right to vote. At one time, only property owners were given the right to vote. Throughout history, there have been all sorts of restrictions that forbade voting, such as the size of a private household, for example.

For a very long time, a woman was deprived of the right to vote. Women's rights activists used every opportunity to bring this issue up for discussion. But even today, in some countries, women do not have the right to vote. Voting restrictions changed from time to time, and new categories of people were allowed to vote. Recently, the age limit has been reduced from 21 to 18 years.

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Goethe described how best to use the laws of color perception in painting. Turner recognized his point of view and used it in his work.

According to experts, it was under the influence of the ideas set forth in the book that Turner was able to convey in his canvases those subtle visual impressions that arise when light is reflected by water or viewed through rain, steam or fog. Some features in Turner's brushwork anticipated French Impressionism and Expressionism.

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