THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Supreme Law
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Divine Right
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Their Opinion
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Poor Judgement
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Detailed explanation-1: -The divine right of kings was a notion often used by the Catholic Church throughout their history. An example of this is that the Pope rules over the Catholic Church by divine appointment.
Detailed explanation-2: -divine right of kings, in European history, a political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Divine Right of Kings In the era of kings, many monarchs ruled according to a doctrine of “divine right, ” the idea that God gave them the power and authority to rule over their subjects.
Detailed explanation-4: -The theory came to the fore in England under the reign of King James I (1603–25). King Louis XIV of France (1643–1715), though Catholic, strongly promoted the theory as well. The theory of Divine Right was abandoned in England during the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89.