HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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What was a key characteristic of an absolute monarchy in the 16th and 17th centuries?
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centralized governmental authority
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increased political rights for peasants and serfs
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freedom of religion
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a system of checks and balances
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Absolute monarchy, or absolutism, meant that the ultimate authority to run a state was in the hands of a king who ruled by divine right. Divine right was the claim that a king was given his position by some higher power.
Detailed explanation-2: -Absolutism is characterized by the ending of feudal partitioning, consolidation of power with the monarch, rise of state power, unification of the state laws, and a decrease in the influence of the church and the nobility.
Detailed explanation-3: -The absolute monarch exercises* ultimate authority over the state and his subjects, as both head of state* and head of government.
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