Monarch

France was going against the very ideals it stood for to save itself from counterrevolutionary revolts. The revolutionary government had become blind by fear of the monarchy so much so that an absolute monarch had already arisen, Maximlien Robespiere, who would send to…

themselves. Now this process is slow and one of the biggest barriers to this process is often a monarch. Kant states that some monarchs may be enlightened, but most do not want his subjects to be free-thinking citizens. This is where the root of the unrest during the French Revolution is rooted in. The French subjects wanted to be able to make their own decisions and to be free-thinking humans; however, the monarch set laws that made free-thinking harder. Following the ideas of the…

legend came, his name is Robin Hood. Robin Hood was a legend who lived in a forest called Sherwood Forest. In this forest he lived with a group of outlaws called the Merry Men. Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor.King Richard the monarch in the legend supported Robin Hood but often not in the kingdom because he was fighting in wars, this meant his brother…

Constitutional monarchy consists of having a system of government where a monarch still has a formal title in a state/nation without having any real power; while the head of state of a nation holds the political power over a country (Monarchy Constitutional, 2008). Monarchs essentially act as a figurehead towards a nation, while the leaders of the state actually govern the country. An example of a country that follows this is Canada. Although Canada holds the Queen of England with some regard,…

these teachings were false, they drifted away from the church. Kings used this opportunity to make up an excuse to use their authority to become a protecting power against the church, which was the beginning of absolutism. Some examples of absolute monarchs are Louis XIV, Henry VIII, and Ivan IV. Absolutism is not a sustainable or effective form of ruling a country. It concentrates too much power in the hands of a single ruler…

profitable trade. During the Renaissance, learning about math, science, and english become more important. People had a drive to learn and be able to read. The Renaissance effected the Age of Exploration by advancing technologies, bringing wealth to monarchs, and having religious freedom. Navigation and exploration was not an easy task. Having technologies that could guide oneself were important. The ships also had to be sturdy and able to support a crew and luggage. There were a couple major…

the French Revolution took place, when France’s government system of a monarchy was challenged and overthrown. France had many economic problems and was unstable due to the many disagreements amongst social classes and the King. Through an absolute monarch, there was much corruption and crisis, and change was needed. The National Assembly took action, (group members from the Bourgeoisie) and used Enlightenment ideas towards the ideal government, a constitutional monarchy. They moved the…

The monarch has no part taking in what the other members of the country are doing, they are set apart from everyone else. In a monarchy the citizens are not equal by law and the higher officials of monarch are not restricted by law. All citizens in a democratic country are promised to have freedom, to an extent, and liberties. These freedoms and…

Absolutism states that monarchs have the divine right to rule people and received their authority from God. The monarchs have all of the power and everyone else must obey the monarchs. To do that, the monarchs must take away the power of the powerful nobles. Louis XIV did this by moving the powerful nobles to his court at Versailles where they were occupied with numerous activities. He then appointed people from the middle class to government positions, where he could dominate them and keep them…

many regimes including: monarch, empress, republics. To start off I will discuss the French Monarchy and how the end of the Monarch was a direct result of the French revolution. During the 18th century the French government, or King Louis XVI, tried to raise taxes as a direct result of war and court life costs. The French citizens did not like this and thus they revolted which leads to the French Revolution. The French Citizens resented the role of the absolutist monarch, also the inequality…