HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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needed to defend their nations against threats from the Western Hemisphere
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had been given their power to govern from God
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thought that communism was the superior political system
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thought that all people should have the right to a good ruler
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -During the 1600s and 1700s a new type of monarch emerged known as an absolute ruler. Some of these rulers were Louis XIV, the Fredericks of Prussia, and Peter the Great. These rulers believed that a monarch had a divine right to rule and should only listen to God.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are several reasons behind the rise of absolutism namely, decline of feudalism, religious wars, especially Thirty Years War, growth of middle class and the taxation system resulted from the climate change that affected Europeans’ life and economy too negatively by causing to suffering and deprivation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Absolute monarchs believed in divine right, the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on earth. An absolute monarch answered only to God, not to his or her subjects.