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Limited and Unlimited Governments
What is a monarchy?• It is a government led by a king or queen.
• During the 1600s and 1700s, monarchs ruled much of Europe.
What does it mean to have absolute power?
• The ruler of a country has total power.
• This would make the ruler an unlimited ruler.
Unlimited Government• There is virtually no ability to limit
the actions of the government
• In an unlimited government, individual rights and freedoms are restricted and citizens are expected to display total obedience to the government as the ruler or rulers make all decisions.
• The government may be tyrannical.
• Why would rulers think they could do whatever they wanted?
What is divine right?
• It is the idea that rulers receive their power directly from God and are responsible only to God.
• Decisions made by the rulers were therefore not questioned by the citizens.
Unlimited Government• France and Russia are examples of
countries that had unlimited governments at this time.
• All power was held by the monarch.
• Rights and freedoms were severely limited and the few which did exist could be cast aside through the actions of the monarch.
• Ways they displayed their authority included raising taxes, dissolving the legislative body, and using the military to enforce its policies.
What does it mean to have a limited government?
• It is a system in which the power of a ruler is restricted by the people.
• Citizens are given individual rights and can participate in government decisions.
Give an example of limiting the power of a
ruler.
The Magna Carta• In 1215, King John of England was forced to sign
the “Great Charter.”
• The Magna Carta stated that the king was not above the law.
• What do you think that means?
• The Magna Carta also limited the power of the king by establishing Parliament.
Describe how Louis XIV was an absolute monarch.
• He banned the French assembly.
• He took rights away from Protestants.
• He controlled taxes, military, and business.
King Louis XIV
How did Czar Peter I increase his power?
• He made himself head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• He controlled peasants more closely.
• He built up the Russian military and expanded Russia’s borders.
Peter the Great
Why do you think
Catherine the Great was the
last of Europe’s
major absolute
monarchs?
Democracy
• Any system of government in which the people hold power, usually through the vote.
Republic• A form of government in which the leader is
a person, or people, elected by citizens.