IN 1685 Louis XIV formally revoked the Edict of Nantes because he viewed it as an affront to his own claims to power. 7. The French monarchy had never intended religious toleration to be permanent. 8. Religious liberty was not a popular policy. 9. The revocation had a negative impact on the economy and foreign affairs. C. Financial and Economic Management
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One of the major flaws of Monarchy is that it is very easy to become corrupt in a system of dynasties. This was proven when the dynastic cycle came into play early in Chinese history. Also‚ when a dynasty falls with the last heir to the family name‚ power struggles tend to happen
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The ancient Greece city-states had several different forms of government‚ monarchy‚tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ democracy‚ and aristocracy‚ each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Not all city-states maintained a uniformly way of government‚ and not each city-state maintain a single type of government during that time period. Depending on where you were and when you were determined what government type. A monarch by definition from the website dictionary.com is “a hereditary sovereign‚ as a king
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Introduction Throughout Ancient Greek history various forms of government have ruled the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta. These have included aristocracy‚ oligarchy‚ tyranny‚ monarchy‚ and democracy. An oligarchy is ruled by the few‚ which could also be as a small group of the aristocracy. Monarchy is ruled by a hereditary single sovereign‚ while tyranny by a single leader who took power by force. Democracy is the rule of the people. This essay will show the changes of government between the
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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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Great Ideologies Stemming Out From Chaos Thomas Hobbes‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Paine‚ three great political philosophers‚ all view the nature of man and society as anarchical‚ which is a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority‚ making it “war of all against all”. The utopian society of individuals enjoys complete freedom without government‚ wherein there is a display of a lack of morality for most of the time. In the Leviathan‚ Thomas
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being extracted from. The governments of these oil rich countries are responsible for distributing the wealth to the general public. Although‚ many developed countries have a democracy Oman and Saudi Arabia are two countries which have an absolute monarchy. The two countries have increased
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Absolutism was the most significant cause of the French Revolution because it forced a weak leader such as Louis XVI to have the power to ruin a whole country. Absolutism is a form of government in which the king or queen has absolute control over the land and people. King Louis XIV‚ an absolute monarch and heir‚ inherited the French throne at his grandfather’s death in 1643. He was only 5 at the time he started to rule. Louis XIV has been perceived in history as someone who is lazy‚ shy and awkward
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“Marie Antoinette” In Vienna‚ on November 2‚ 1755 the thirty-eight-year-old sovereign‚ ruler of an empire‚ Marie Theresa‚ was to give birth for the fifteenth time in her life to‚ Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna. Since all the archduchesses were given the first name Maria‚ they were usually addressed by their second name. Maria Theresa would refer to her youngest daughter as Antonia. It was the French who would call her Marie Antoinette. In the meantime Antonia blossomed she grew and developed
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