Which groups of people in the polis were not allowed citizenship?

This excluded a majority of the population: slaves, freed slaves, children, women and metics (foreigners resident in Athens). The women had limited rights and privileges, had restricted movement in public, and were very segregated from the men.

“To govern themselves”

STSE: it is because the Patriots wanted a little freedom from the British, who had too mu CCG overwhelming rules, and so the Patriots wanted to govern themselves.

[I hadn’t done this unit(theme) since like 5 years, so I apologize if I got mixed up or confused!]