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    died at the turn of the century‚ James I took the throne of England and took absolutism with him. He and the next five successors would oversee the growth of England from an erratic‚ absolutist monarchy to a working‚ stable Constitutional monarchy. France was not fortunate enough to experience such growth. In contrast‚ it experienced great decline because the country did not evolve and continued with absolutism even a century after England had proven that type of governing was not effective. There

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    Did Charles I Deserve to be Executed? In the middle ages the power of the monarchs was a lot greater than the power of today. For example the monarch would create the laws and taxes the country would obey by there rules and there rules only. The monarch would decide when the country went to war and when Parliament was needed (many problems were caused by the monarchs and Parliament disagreeing). However nowadays our monarchs tend to hand over there power to parliament. Parliament creates the laws

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    The political changes of 17th century England and France from 1789-1815 can be compared in the way that both had a monarchy overturned‚ restored‚ and then overturned again. However‚ they differed in that England’s Parliament existed the entire time in some way‚ while in France‚ power was exchanged from king‚ to constitutional monarchy‚ to a dictator. England’s system eventually led to constitutionalism‚ while France would continue to struggle with an indefinite political structure. To better understand

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    Why did King Charles lose the civil war? In April 1642‚ the Civil war started in England. The civil war ended up by King Charles losing the war. And in my essay I am going to talk about many reasons why Charles lost the civil war. In 1642 most people thought that King Charles would win the civil war‚ as he had won the battle of Edge hill‚ but unfortunately King Charles did not take advantage of this opportunity and marched to London. King Charles didn’t know what to do when it came to big

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    Louis XIV of France vs. the Stuart Kings of England: Why did the Stuart kings fail‚ and Louis XIV succeed? William Jefferson Clinton was one of the greatest presidents to govern the United States as opposed to the Bush’s. Clinton proved to the world our preeminence by way of control‚ economic growth‚ and policies ranging from Israel to social security. The Bush’s proved to the world that they won the election. Louis XIV and the Stuart Kings also compare in similar ways. Louis XIV was a sound leader

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    A comparison and contrast between Charles I and Louis XIV King Louis XIV: Outstanding example of absolute monarch Aim to make himself supreme in Europe Stringent religious toleration (change the Huguenots) King Charles I: Devine right of Kings (monarch’s right to rule came from God) Conflicts with Parliament forced religion Wars There is an institution as old as the world : Monarchy-Kingship. In most places and in most times men have agreed to be governed by Kings‚ having found in such government

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    One reason why the relationship declined between Charles 1 and parliament was power. There were lots of things to do with this reason that had happened such as‚ in 1629‚ Charles sacked parliament! He then ruled on his own for 11 years. The parliament did not react that much as there was not much they could do. In November 1640‚ Charles was so desperate for money so was forced to call his parliament back. The parliament then sent the king a list of demands that he had to agree to if they were to provide

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    Was Charles I the architect of his own downfall? Charles I became King of England‚ Scotland and Ireland since 1425 until 1449 where a civil war took place because of Charles wrong decisions he kept making. A civil war is regions within the same country‚ this civil war begun because of religion‚ money‚ and power. He didn’t care about these‚ which sadly leaded him to his own execution. First of all‚ Charles made his subjects and Parliament turn to his new religion‚ which was blindly Catholic‚ however

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    Absolute Monarchy Triumphs in France * Long Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715) Cardinal Jules Mazarin- student of Cardinal Richelieu and the chief minister of Anne of Austria; stooped rebellions of peasants and city-dwellers to strengthen the authority of the monarchy. Anne of Austria- mother of Louis XIV‚ ruled for him because he was 5 years old then. Divine Right- the power of a king came from God and no subject will dare to question it. * It is God who establishes kings… Princes

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    Charles the First became king in England‚ (also in Scotland) in 1625. He caused many problems with the Parliament because he believed in absolute monarchy. At one point Parliament limited Charles The First’s power and he went along with a petition they had made but soon dismissed the Parliament.King Charles the First made some bold moves against parliament‚ besides not listening to their guidance. Because of his stubbornness‚ so to speak‚ a civil war came about between the crown and parliament in

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