Before the French revolution in 1789 France was ruled by the social and political system known as the Ancien Regime‚ this divided France into layers of estates sorted by the privilege people were born into. The first layer was made up of the absolute monarch‚ King Louis XVI was appointed the top of the pyramid by god’s will and
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1) The 18th century is known as the era of the Global Economy. Describe the world economy in the first half of the 18th century and assess the effects of the economic‚ political‚ and social trends. I. Intro II. Economically‚ the old regime was marked by a scarcity of food‚ agrarian economy‚ slow transport‚ little iron production‚ unsophisticated finances‚ and sometimes commercial overseas empire. (And mercantilism) Mercantilism and the Atlantic Economy A. European maritime exapansion
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the war in Germany and ensured that all the German states were free to determine their own religion (1648). Conscripted standing armies- First developed by Gustavus Adolphus‚ this army had very flexible tactics and was primarily offensive. Absolute Monarchy Absolutism- The sovereign power or ultimate authority in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right. Bishop Jacques Bossuet- He was one of the chief theorists of divine-right monarchy in the seventeenth
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A direct democracy is different from a representative democracy because in representatives democracy the citizens hold the ultimate power‚ but there are no kinds of representatives‚ unlike a direct democracy. Next‚ I will explain to you what a absolute and constitutional monarchy
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to unfair or illegal discrimination against particular groups of people. Examples of this discrimination based on racism‚ sexism‚ and disability. The political history of the western world begins with the rise of statism‚ goes through the age of absolute monarchism‚ building up to the French Revolution and the rise of nationalism. An analysis of the Western world reveals “isms” helped define‚ mold and shape their culture. Lets begin with Statism. Statism is defined‚ according to Merriam Webster
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FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT IN SOCIETY UNIT 1 WHAT PURPOSE DOES GOVERNMENT SERVE???? • Governments can serve many purposes. • Some governments control people and some governments are controlled by the people. • What is the purpose of the government in the United States? • Limited Government vs. Unlimited Government • Democracy vs. Dictatorship COMPARING THE SYSTEMS • Write about your perspective of the government of the United States? • • • • Does it protect you? Control you? Make your life better
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causes‚ ideologies and results. French and Glorious revolutions were two revolutions where people rebelled agains the monarch and got read of absolute monarchy. However‚ they were different in terms of peoples and monarch behavior The Glorious Revolution: in 1603 James came to power. He did not followed Elizabeth the I Monarchic majesty. He was a monarch that believed that devine right came from god. This contradicted peoples will and laws‚ like the law that sad that property
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Gabriel Ariza M. European History 10 Social Contract DBQ Modern day democracies have shown more efficiency over time rather than the autocratic structures. As of today‚ monarchs are just puppets handled by prime ministers. After centuries of oppressors autocracies have decreased. The question left to be answered is that which social contract is more efficient. Rulers who respect their people‚ and have more interest in their people rather than themselves prove to prospect more than autocracies
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asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority‚ deriving his right to rule directly from the will of God. A monarchy is a form of government in which sovereignty is actually or normally embodied in a single individual‚ the monarch. The Homily of 1547 expressed the whole doctrine of divine right in Louis XIV’s rule over France or Charles
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greedy‚ and thus must have rulers with absolute power. If the ruler of a state does not have supreme and absolute power‚ Hobbes believed that the state will fall apart and descend into civil war. Hobbes who was living through the English civil war believed that civil war was the absolute worst thing that could happen to a state. While Hobbes believed in an absolute political power‚ he also believed that‚ unless the people were harming each other‚ the monarch should not bother them and should keep
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