Socialism - an economic system in which all power rests in a dictator and a single political party. ... Fascism - A form of state socialism in which all power rests in a dictator and a single political party. ... Heritage - Democracy - rule by the people, a government in which the people hold the ruling power directly or through elected representatives. ... Foundational Civil Ordinance - Over 140 million killed by - Marxist Totalitarianism English Bill of Rights of 1689 - limited the English Monarchs power Mayflower Compact - a plan of union for maintaining law and order for the Pilgr...

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This Government order in France of an Absolute Monarchy was due to the increasingly large powers of a monarch over society including, the National System of Justice, Influence over the Catholic Church, The Right to decree Taxation and Leader of the military forces, therefore it would be just in asking that the leader which has such immense responsibility and power be one that is long-standing. A fatal weakness in the French absolute monarchy system was its inability to produce strong monarchs. These monarchs always sought their personal benefits, even if it was at the hands of the country ...

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The French and American Revolutions demonstrate some of these traits, They need proper representation, they responded to the monarchs opposition to change and the development of political control and influence. ... Colonists were outraged as they did not have much say in British politics but were being taxed nonetheless; hence " No taxation without representation". ... Thus, both the American and French revolutions were caused by political Injustice. ... In conclusion the American and French Revolutions demonstrated similar characteristics: lack of just representation, reactions to mona...

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While they embody a romantic period of justice to many, those words stuck fear into the hearts of the surrounding European monarchs. With the schism of the United States from British rule, monarchs took action to quell not only the French uprising but the diffusion like ideas. The wars that resulted, and more importantly the sheer power and fury the people possessed, initiated and drove forward the Second Revolution. ... Because of the bitter division between the Girondists and the Mountain, and that between the indecisive middle class, great decision-making power, concerning war efforts as...

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The Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, favored a democratic government run by the "common" people with little power granted to centralized government. ... In finding that not everyone felt the same way, he came to think that those who did oppose the French were in favor of a monarchial government and were trying to take down the principles of democracy being established. ... Led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, the Federalists based their views in the belief that a government should be run by a central power. ... Because Americans were unsure of whether their new political system would...

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Principle goals of the Enlightenment included freedom of thought, religion, political liberties and governments representative of the people. ... The Monarchs were slowly swept away under the quick wit and brilliance of these newly enlightened societies. ... The French sought to end their own political injustices, although freedom within the monarchy would have to be established in France because there was no place other than France they wished to go. As soon as the French movement to end political injustices spiraled into a revolution in 1789, a hero of the American Revolution, Marquis ...

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Western Political thought was heavily influenced by individual rights and liberties and due process. ... Later on in 1689, a bill of rights from the Parliament was accepted by the monarchs, William and Mary. ... This was also important in the development of Western Political thought because Western Political thought was that of a democratic government, and an Enlightment thinker, John Locke, indicated that " a government's power comes from the people- Western Political thought was based on several essential ideas and parts about democracy. An important part was that that of that people g...

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In reality a republic is a system of government without a monarch(a person that holds power by birthright). In a Monarchy ,the head of state is a hereditary monarch who symbolises the nation and has all constitutional and democratic authority. ... Some changes would have to be made to make Australia a republic , things like the head of state's power has to be defined, in some ways the laws and constitution have to be changed to accomodate the change to a republic for things like the power to dissolve parlament and the prime ministers power to expel the president under special circ...

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American politics were overtaken for 20 years by Whigs and Democrats, which was known historically as the Second Party System. ... They believed that Jackson was acting like an American monarch by violating the constitution through "executive usurpation". ... At the Election of 1836, the Whigs get their chance to obtain the majority and take power by facing Martin Van Buren, Jackson's hand-picked successor. ... He also warned that the Whigs would use their power to undermine the rights of the states and create a tyrannical system of "consolidated government". ...

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The political theorist Charles Louis Montesquieu was born in 1689 in France and was nobility by birth. ... People must honor the monarch and each other. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. ... The power centers are the legislative (which consists of one large branch and a smaller, select branch), judicial, and executive. ... Montesquieu was influential in politics and laws and has shaped society today. ...

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The political theorist Charles Louis Montesquieu was born in 1689 in France and was nobility by birth. ... People must honor the monarch and each other. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. ... The power centers are the legislative (which consists of one large branch and a smaller, select branch), judicial, and executive. ... Montesquieu was influential in politics and laws and has shaped society today. ...

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This is very similar to the situation in England in 1215 when King John was chased down and forced to sign the Magna Carta which limited the monarch's power. ... Today, when looking at the distribution of power, we know that there are specific powers granted to each the states and the nation. ... Madison argued that "The principle of the separation of powers is to be found in the political writings of the most celebrated civilians and is everywhere held as essential to the preservation of liberty,"" in Federalist 47. ... The solution was the checks and balances system which would be ut...

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The third is political democracy. ... Take the USSR for example, the Communist Party obtained their strength and power by the revolutionary path, subverting the political, social, and other orders in the old era. ... The political power and the ownership were in the same hands, but these hands were not the workers' and the peasants'. ... Where was the political democracy? ... The leader of the Soviet became a monarch. ...

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Plato believed that the average person can't make good political decisions and should be left out of the decision making process. ... He believed that the power should be separated into three groups: The Counsel, The Senate, and The Tribunes. The counsel would represent the interests of the monarch, the senate would represent the interests of the aristocrats, and the tribunes would represent the interests of the people as a whole. This way advice is taken from the widest range of people without giving one group all the power. ... Locke never wanted there to be a sovereign power and that t...

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John Locke believed people formed political societies for several reasons, but first and foremost he suggested that people create political societies for protection. ... Why will he give up his lordly status and subject himself to the control to someone else's power" (Bennett 40). ... Locke explains that political bodies work best when all men subject to the laws develop and agree upon them. ... Protestants that had previously been unfairly ruled by Catholic absolute monarchs feared giving Catholics more freedom might lead to absolutism of Catholic rulers again (John McKay et. al. 5...

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