Solon outlaw debt slavery, and introduced legal concept that any citizen could bring charges against wrongdoers.
Cleisthenes broke up the power of nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than wealth. He increased the power of assembly by allowing all citizens to submit laws for debt and passage.
There was no democracy in Athens. Solon was appointed to prevent a revolution by oppressed small farmers facing sale into debt slavery by the rich oligarchs who were in control of Athens. He established a balance and bought back the debt slaves, creating balance in the city-state. However there was no democracy until Cleisthenes established it 80 years later.
He revised Draconian laws
Cleisthenes, the father of democracy.
Cleisthenes created the foundation of Athenian democracy.
Cleisthenes.
Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes is referred to as the father of Athenian democracy. He reduced the power of the Athenian nobility and gave it to the people by creating an assembly for people to vote and discuss state politics.
Solon (594 BC), Cleisthenes (508/7 BC), and Ephialtes (462 BC) all contributed to the development of Athenian democracy. Historians differ on which of them was responsible for which institution, and which of them most represented a truly democratic movement. It is most usual to date Athenian democracy from Cleisthenes, since Solon's constitution fell and was replaced by the tyranny of Peisistratus, whereas Ephialtes revised Cleisthenes' constitution relatively peacefully. Hipparchus, the brother of the tyrant Hippias, was killed by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, who were subsequently honored by the Athenians for their alleged restoration of Athenian freedom.
he changed laws and made new promises and less merciful laws
After the initial democracy established by Cleisthenes in 508 BCE went into abeyance during and after the Persian invasion, Ephialtes re-established the democracy in 460 BCE. He was assassinated by the aristocrats and his deputy Pericles took over, expelling the aristocratic Themistocles son of Melesias and progressed development into a direct democracy where the citizens directed action meeting in regular assemblies.
Solon (594 BC), Cleisthenes (509 BC), and Ephialtes (462 BC) all contributed to the development of Athenian democracy. Historians differ on which of them was responsible for which institutions, and which of them most represented a truly democratic movement. It is most usual to date Athenian democracy from Cleisthenes, since Solon's constitution fell and was replaced by the tyranny of Peisistratus, whereas Ephialtes revised Cleisthenes' constitution relatively peacefully. Hipparchus, the brother of the tyrant Hippias, was killed by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, who were subsequently honored by the Athenians for their alleged restoration of Athenian freedom. The greatest and longest-lasting democratic leader was Pericles; after his death, Athenian democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolution towards the end of the Peloponnesian War. Cite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy
Cleisthenes was a leading politician in Athens after the expulsion of the tyrant Hippias in the late 6th Century BCE. He began the first steps towards Athenian democracy.
Cleisthenes in 508 BCE when he introduced a regular assembly of the adult males in Athens.
Solon