After a few reforms were made by Solon, a major person in Greek’s development, a democracy was started (Hornblower). Eventually a guy named Cleisthenes made more reforms to make democracy more equal. Now, even more than wanting a say in their government, the people of Athens wanted improvement in the economy and in society.

Democracy helped the people to help itself; people were paid to participate and vote which led to poorer people benefiting as well as the democracy growing stronger from the participation of the people (Romeo). Though Cleisthenes made reforms for equality between male citizens, Solon made reforms so that all families regardless of monetary status were included. This was very important because before democracy it was socially understood that only people of great wealth had a say and made an impact on anything (Lape). 

The poor were given chances to move around and buy new land, and with the olive oil production having a higher demand the poor had more job opportunities as well (Rhodes). So with the development and continuation of democracy, Greece grew stronger as whole; its wealth grew in abundance, people were able to partake in their government and propose laws, and lastly the overall wellness of communities improved largely (Tridimas).