Constitutional monarchy

decisions of the Second Constitutional Congress in 1777 in order to unite all thirteen colonies in rebelling from Great Britain. This is a primary document as Dickinson was present during the drafting of the Articles. There are a total of 13 articles. The majority of the colonies had their own constitution, which was not a sign of unison. The delegates at the convention decided on various issues. The Articles provided a weaker central government, as people were wary of a monarchy creeping its…

French Revolution, on 17 July 1791, the Champ de Mars in Paris was the site of a massacre, the fusillade du Champ-de-Mars. On that day, the National Constituent Assembly issued a decree that the king, Louis XVI, would remain king under a constitutional monarchy. Later that day, leaders of the republicans in France rallied against this decision. The larger crowd was also more determined than the first. Lafayette again tried to disperse it. In retaliation, the crowd threw stones at the National…

Comparing Empires During the 1200-1500 CE, two powerful empires, Mali and Aztec, dominated in their region. The Aztecs were able to conquer many parts of Mesoamerica with their well-trained armies, while the Mali ruled a large part of Africa dominating in the gold mines. Although there are many similarities between both Empires, there are many differences in cultural aspects and society. Although the Mali and Aztec Empire were similar in terms of government structure such as relying on a…

Canada’s government is a Federal Parliamentary and a Constitutional Monarchy, which leads to close ties with Queen Elizabeth 2. Canada has a Prime Minister who is named Justin Trudeau. The Capital City of Canada is Ottawa and for the U.S is Washington D.C. The official languages for the U.S is English and Spanish…

system, as his father, Don Juan de Borbón, had advocated since 1946. The transition was an ambitious plan that counted on ample support both within and outside of Spain. Western governments, headed by the United States, now favored a Spanish constitutional monarchy, as did many Spanish and international liberal capitalists. Nevertheless, the transition proved…

created by French philosophers, as their ideas on how the government should be managed changed (1). Phase one of the Revolution began with dominant ideas from Montesquieu (1). He claimed, “that a liberal constitutional…

the revolutionary period, which ultimately ended with America becoming an independent nation. On the other hand, the overwhelming burden of the financial crisis on the third order inspired them to challenge the King, successfully overthrowing the monarchy and eventually removing the Ancien Regime. In summary, liberation from political and social restraints was a mutual concern for the actors in both the American and French…

Europe was a system of monarchies and two empires – each ruled with an iron fist and no regulation. Monarchs had final say in everything from political matters to who would grow a certain type of crop. Across Europe, there was a struggling peasant society that was being forcefully crushed and constantly dominated by the uncontrollable nobility. But, that soon changed with the introduction of the Enlightenment. The Age of Enlightenment undermined the authority of the monarchy and the church while…

Does independence mean the same thing for everyone? During the 18th century, people from different countries and of different statuses began to think about what that word meant for them. Enlightenment thinkers began to come up with ideas of how the government and world should work. These ideas led to the uprising of people that felt as though the government was not sufficient or that they were being oppressed, which in turn led to some revolutions in the world. America and France are some…

The first Opium War in 1839 to 1842 forced China to step into the modern world. Since then, China has been plundered and invaded by both Eastern and Western powers, most of which were inferior to China before 19th century. This was because that while the Westerns were establishing and industrializing the new modern societies, we Chinese still lived with the old ideas and without being improved. Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan suggested the importance of having advanced technologies and learnt ideologies…