HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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“It is the parliament that must make the laws.”
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“The government must be based on a sound constitution.”
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“The rights and prohibitions of the nation are joined with my body and reside in my hands alone. Public order in its entirety comes from me.”
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“People in a state of nature are solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Absolute Monarchy was a Government with a sovereign leader who came into power by marriage or offspring; they had complete control with no limitations from constitution or law. They were considered the head of state and head of Government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rulers in an absolute monarchy had total control over the country. Most believed that they had the divine right to rule, meaning that God created the monarchy they ruled over and they alone were God’s representative on earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -The divine right of kings is the absolutist idea that a monarch’s authority to rule comes directly from God and that he or she is not subject to any earthly authority.
Detailed explanation-4: -Brunei is an absolute monarchy. The country is ruled by the Sultan, who is the supreme decision making authority.