The Greek Democracy had a big influence on the American government and how it was built. For us to understand democracy we must first understand Greek democracy and how it worked, this is how much of our government is related to the Greeks government. Democracy was developed around 500 b.c. and is still used today. Greek citizens, like todays citizens have the right to vote for laws and participate in all sorts of things. This shaped the US government by giving the US government ideas on certain things, and then the US government revised those ideas and made them their own.