Absolute Monarchy

During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth century the Political Development had many changes that occurred. France and England were growing vastly and becoming over populated. They both wanted to create and stabilize a Government. The two most important political developments were the Parliament Monarchy and Absolute Monarchy. In this short essay, I will talk about France and England, talk about the two different political models and also what the conditions were like under them. The first Political Model was Parliamentary Monarchy. Parliament is a type of government where there is a group of people that is selected to take charge. Parliament was in charge of making the laws, to make sure that the Government was stable and also the economy was stable. They were in change of all the Financials as well. For example, how taxation will be sorted and dealt with. However, the second Political model was Absolute Monarchy. This was much different than Parliament. Absolute Monarchy is where instead of a group of people to rule there is only one person that rules. That one was person was the King …show more content…
They both had many situations where they had fallen and also risen at times. For example, when Louis XVI came to throne in France, France began to fallen apart and the government started became weak because of his poor decisions during his time as King. For example, France had three classes for which was called the Estates and thus consisted of; the Clergies, Nobles and Peasants. The peasants were consisted of the poor and middle class. They also took up majority of the population. The Nobles and Clergies had the luxury of not having to pay taxes under Louis XVI. Louis XVI taxed the poor with outrageous amounts and the poor could not pay the taxes and eventually refused to pay, thus; leading to more serious problems for France because of Louis XVI poor decision skills while in