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UNLIMITED & LIMITED GOVERNMENT
Objective:
TO Understand the what Unlimited and
Limited Government are.
To Understand how both were used in
Europe during the 1600s & 1700s
UNLIMITED GOVERNMENT
In an unlimited government there is almost no ability to limit the actions of the government!
This system of government is Authoritative!
Total Obedience to the Government is more important that Individual Freedom!
UNLIMITED GOVERNMENT TYPES!
1. Monarchy
2. Absolute Monarchy
3. Absolutism
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
In a limited government there are RESTRAINTS OR Rules placed on the Power the Government has.
In a Limited Government….. citizens have Individual Rights and CAN Participate in Government!
LIMITED GOVERNMENT TYPES
Constitutional Monarchy
Parliament System(England)
EUROPE IN THE 1600S & 1700S
Most European Countries Governments were Monarchies.
These Governments were led by a King or Queen who often were advised by the leadership of the CATHOLIC CHURCH
ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN & RUSSIA
Were all MONARCHIES
“ABSOLUTE” MONARCHY
Absolute Monarchy is when a King rules by
the Power of “Divine Right”
This type of Monarch (King) ruled from the believe that his power came directly from
GOD
USING THE CHURCH FOR CONTROLL
Most Europeans were # 1 illiterate( unable to read and write )
Their lives were centered around the daily survival of life and Church.
# 2 Citizens Believed in and Feared the Church.
The King used these two things to manipulate a majority of citizens into never QUESTIONING his POWER from GOD
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
BEGINNING OF GOVERNMENT CHANGE IN EUROPE
In 1215 A change took Place in ENGLAND that changed EUROPE forever.
English Nobles FORCED king JOHN to Sign the MAGNA CARTA
This document said that the King was no longer above the law and his power would be LIMITED
The Magna Carta was an UN-WRITTEN Constitution!that eventually led to the Creation and signing of the
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS !
THE BEGINNING OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE
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