The source states that in certain situations one strong‚ powerful leader would be the best option for the nation. A strong all powerful leader can lead to dictatorship. By definition‚ a dictator is a ruler with complete power over a country‚ which is sometimes obtained by force. A dictator provides a sense of unity and makes it easier to tame out of control situations. Under a dictatorship‚ the nation being governed is easily controlled by censorship of the media that does not have much say in
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Early modern Western Europe faced political changes from 1500-1750. These were based on three main political ideas: monarchy‚ balance of power‚ and religious reforms. The main type of government became monarchies‚ which had one main ruler and a parliament. The parliament was a group of state-elected legislatures‚ used to represent the citizens. Document five‚ Political Craft and Craftiness on page 420-421‚ explains the qualities that Machiavelli thought that a prince should have to be a proper prince
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How To: Use Comparing Strategies DQ3: HELPING STUDENTS PRACTICE AND DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF NEW KNOWLEDGE Element 17 Examining Similarities and Differences Comparing is the process of identifying similarities and differences between ideas or things. A variety of strategies can be used when designing comparison activities. We will discuss sentence stems‚ Venn diagrams‚ double bubble diagrams and comparison matrices. Sentence Stem Comparisons This strategy can be used to have the students
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The Glorious revolution was neither glorious nor revolutionary. Discuss. The term “Glorious Revolution” is used to describe the peaceful way in which Parliament asserted its rights over the monarchy in 1688. To discuss whether it was glorious or revolutionary the definition of each of these words must be fully understood. Can these events be seen as honourable and great‚ even though revolutionary refers to a forcible overthrow of a government or social order? Some historians could suggest that
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Americas made a deep impression. The ability of the Iroquois to live in harmony with nature while achieving a democratic decision making process‚ helped him refine his thinking on how to organize society. On the other hand‚ Burke still believed in a monarchy system. He thought that there needed to be a king and a queen to rule over the nation. All
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form of government with a common and strong notion of a family. In his analogy‚ the father (ruler) raised (governed) his children (citizens) until they were old enough to grow on their own. This is a strong point that attacked the monarchy of Rousseau time. The monarchy did not want its citizens believing that they would be better off with out them. For this reason they expelled Rousseau out of France; he had a strong point that really touched the readers of his time. Next‚ Rousseau tries to convince
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government is monarchy. At first the ruler was the strongest amongst a group of people. Afterwards they changed to looking for the wisest to rule. After that sovereignty was inherited through the sons of the ruler. However‚ the position of the ruler became being the selfish and stubborn instead of leading. Then he‚ Machiavelli‚ talks about people made to get rid of the ruler that he called "Revolution." After "Revolution‚" government became an "anarchy" and went back to monarchy form of the government
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A Monarchy is a political system ruled by one individual who usually increases his role through inheritance. Although the Athens were ruled by a monarchy until the seventh century B.C.E. it had fallen under the control of its aristocrats. “They possessed the best land and controlled political and religious life by means of a council of nobles‚ assisted by a board of nine archons.” (Spielvogel 58) Cyrus The Great ruled the largest Empire of his day. He is known for giving his people freedom in Persia
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How did overseas expansion help European monarchs consolidate their power in the early modern state (1500-1700)? Jared Mitchell‚ Word Count: 500 words Europe was dominated by monarchies in the early Modern state‚ especially those lead by King Charles I of Spain‚ Kings Henry IV‚ Louis XII and Louis XIII of France‚ and Kings James I and Charles I of England. Traditionally the monarchs had been able to rely on the power of “Divine Right”. However‚ by the 16th century‚ Martin Luther‚ John Calvin and
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As the new monarch of Thebes‚ Kreon is insecure and unsure on how to regain the polis’ trust. The aftermath of this civil war has left the city in great havoc and in a state of confusion‚ their trust in the monarchy has significantly diminished after Oedipus and the civil war between his two sons‚ Eteokles and Polyneices. Kreon‚ as a way to reclaim order and allow the city to put all the blame and hatred towards an individual for all of their recent calamities‚ claims that Polyneices shall not be
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