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    talked about giving the government total power. Whereas the other philosopher called John Locke had a different view on things. He disagreed and stated just the opposite. Locke is a little more practical with his philosophy. Hobbes believed in a monarchy over the people for more control in the city. He thought that a ruler should have total power over the people because he thought that they needed more control in the city. Hobbes didn’t think that people were capable to govern themselves as if they

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    To What Extent was the rebellion of the Northern Earls the most significant rebellion in the Tudor Period To some extent the rebellion of the Northern Earls was the most significant rebellion in the Tudor period because they had proven to be a serious threat as the rebellion was lead by two of the leading families‚ Northumberland and Westmoreland. But despite this‚ I don’t think it was the most significant rebellion because if we put the fact they wanted to release Mary Queen of Scots‚ there

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    In her letters‚ she adopted the opinions of Barnave—one of her political influences for the Constitutional Monarchy—for the sole purpose of swaying her husband to agree. Her letters spoke for the both of them‚ but she only used the pronoun ‘I’. She writes “we had both thought (the King and I) that a proclamation could not be helpful to enlighten all French people

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    from one another. They expressed their ideas in their works‚ Hobbes’s Leviathan and Locke’s Two Treatises of Government. Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651‚ two years after the end of the English Civil War. In it‚ he supported an absolute monarchy and claimed that people had no qualms about compromising basic morals. Since people had a wicked disposition‚ if they were left to their own devices‚ life would become as quoted “a solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short.” If people wished for

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    culture‚ economy‚ missionary effort‚ and state capitol. Spain’s political system is parliamentary monarchy. Spain has many different political and economic issues that can impact the society. Most of these issues can be deal by the government. Sometimes other countries can be compare and contract its political and economic issues to other countries. Political System Spain’s government is parliamentary monarchy. The most important task of the constitution was to devolve power to the regions‚ which were

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    was Baron de Montesquieu‚ he believed that men were good but power in government needed to be divided. These philosophers revolutionized Europe as we know it. Before the age of enlightenment the government in Europe was an absolute monarchy. An absolute monarchy had complete control over the government and nobody could stand up to them because they had complete control. Absolute monarchs believed in divine right. Divine right was the idea that the ruler was born into power and was chosen by god

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    theory on education was published in 1693 titled‚ "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Locke was accepted to Christ Church College‚ Oxford due to father’s friendship with a member of the Long Parliament. The Long Parliment was known to challenge the monarchy in England at the time and later started the English Civil War. Locke attended Oxford for many years studying the curriculum in England and graduated with a Masters in 1658‚ pursuing his interests in arts. Later he became increasingly interested

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    The key of the development of centralized kingdoms was that the kings extended their power in more effective ways. During the High Middle Age‚ the kings started to had more source of power than the Lords‚ and the Kings used governmental institutions‚ marriage and alliance to extend their power. Some examples of centralized kingdoms are England‚ France and Spain. England started to emerge as a Kingdom in 1066 when William of Normandy arrived to the coasts of England. King Henry II had success in strengthening

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    state is a citizen of that country elected by fellow citizens. If birthright determines the head of state of a country then that country is a monarchy‚ which at the moment Australia is. Our head of state is currently the Queen‚ but the Governor-General‚ who is appointed by the federal government (does not need to be an Australian) represents her. We are a monarchy because of Britain’s colonisation of Australia in 1778. The British brought their way of life‚ culture and most importantly their way of government

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    all like most present day states‚ Britain does not have a systematized constitution but rather an unwritten one shaped of Acts of Parliament‚ court judgments and traditions. Educator Robert Blackburn clarifies this framework‚ including Magna Carta’s place inside it‚ and asks whether the UK ought to now have a composed constitution. For the vast majority‚ particularly abroad‚ the United Kingdom does not have a constitution at all in the sense most generally utilized far and wide — an archive of key

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