THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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When an absolute monarch abuses his/her power (power to excess)
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When a government is divided into sections to protect individual liberties
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When one person holds all of the power of the government but looks out for the rights of the citizens
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When the Church controls the government
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Montesquieu, the difference between absolute monarchy and despotism is that in the case of the monarchy, a single person governs with absolute power by fixed and established laws, whereas a despot governs by his or her own will and caprice.
Detailed explanation-2: -: a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power : absolutism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despotic in government means autocratic. The person uses power in an uncontrolled manner. Adolf Hitler is a well-known example of an autocratic ruler and can also be said that he was a despotic ruler.
Detailed explanation-4: -Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. On its classical form, a despotism is a state where one single man wields all the power and authority, and everyone else is considered as his slave.