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    Absolute Monarchy

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    earliest civilizations were absolute monarchies‚ but today they seem to have disappeared. In an absolute monarchy‚ the ruler‚ or king‚ can do as they want‚ while the people have to follow all orders the king gives. The subjects‚ or people being ruled‚ in an absolute monarchy usually fear punishments from their leader. Leaders in an absolute monarchy have all the power‚ while the people have none. A Leader’s Capabilities A leader can do as they please in a monarchy. According to the Newsela article

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    The Rise of Parliament Xviii

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    « THE RISE of PARLIAMENT in XIII ». Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Magnum Cartum Liberatum. 3. Simon de Monfort and his “Parliamentum”. 4. King Edward’s Parliament. 5. Parliament nowadays. a). The Functions of Parliament. b). The Meeting of Parliament. c). The House of Lords. d). The House of Commons. e). Public Access to Parliamentary Proceedings. 6. Conclusion. INTRODUCTION

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    Democracy vs. Monarchy

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    Why should I work to preserve our Democratic government vs. Monarchy? Many countries have different types of government. The most common type of government is democracy. This is because it is run in the fairest manner than any type of government. In other countries‚ it is not about fairness‚ it is strictly about who has the power. Depending on the country you live in the government would decide how much a person works. For example‚ if you are the owner of a business and every time you make a

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    Advantages of Monarchy

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    Advantages of Monarchy  Patriotism: Monarchs‚ by their very nature‚ are more patriotic than either Prime Ministers or Presidents. They hold great affection for their respective countries: a Prime Minister or President may be at the same post in other countries but Monarchs never have this conflict of interest. So‚ fundamentally‚ it is in the interest of any monarch to work towards greater patriotism. Every monarch makes a considerable contribution in the building of his or her nation. One who contributes

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    role of parliament

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    Parliament examines what the Government is doing‚ makes new laws‚ holds the power to set taxes and debates the issues of the day. The House of Commons and House of Lords each play an important role in Parliament’s work and it make parliament what it is. Both parties have a role in keeping the executive into check by scrutinising them‚ also making them accountable is such things as question time and taking some of the power away from the executive to stop any possible coercive power and to Firstly

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    them to rule over a certain piece of land‚ The lords appoint the vassals‚ or Knights who would defend the manor from attacks. In return they heat a piece of land that would be taken care of. After the Knights‚ there were serfs.In the fourteenth centuryEngland was governed by using the feudal system‚ which means "that everything ultimately belonged to someone else"(Cartwright 32).There were two types of serfs. The freeman‚ and the peasants. The freeman does the same work as a peasant but they are allowed

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    Brazil and France have two of the world’s highest economies‚ they both have well-developed agricultural sector so thats why agriculture plays an important role in both of their economies. In a comparison in the world of countries GDP‚ France and Brazil are very close only separated by Britain in the six place. France has the fifth place and Brazil takes the seventh place in the table. Brazil important transformations began only in the 1930s‚ when the steps were taken to change brazil into a modern

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    What is philosophy... and particularly political philosophy? Philosophy is a broad or specific study of areas concerned with existence‚ values‚ ethics‚ knowledge and reason. The word philosophy is rooted in the Greek word philosophia which literally meant ‘the love of knowledge’ So questioning human existence is one example: Does God really exists etc. Important as well are questions about what we know and what we can know; both constitute the area of philosophy known as epistemology (the theory

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    The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English‚ Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Under invitation by leaders of the English Commonwealth‚ Charles II‚ the exiled king of England‚ lands at Dover‚ England‚ to assume the throne and end 11 years of military rule. Prince of Wales at the time of the English Civil War‚ Charles fled to France after Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarians

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    During the seventeenth century‚ England’s new colonies began to develop without any real governmental plan or control. The colonies were ventures with charters from the British government but there was no true supervision of support because of political turmoil in the colonies. When the chaos was over the monarchy was resolved and differences in religions became more prevalent. Britain had been transformed into a constitutional monarchy in which the crown and Parliament jointly ruled. The British

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