Chapter 1.2 Forms of Government

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Chapter 1.2 Forms of Government

• Throughout human history, mankind has established
  many types of governments.
• How many can you name?

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Styles of government

• Monarchies
• 2 types
• Absolute monarchy
• Constitutional Monarchy

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Absolute Monarchies

• Ruled by King or Queen
• Given absolute power by divine right!
• Have to answer to nobody but God!

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Absolute Monarchs

• Social structure
• Feudalism
• Local lords owned land given to them by King to
  keep them loyal.
• Lords/Nobles
• Landowning men
• Women had no rights
• non-landowning men had no rights

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Birth of Constitutional Monarchs (1200s-1900s)

• Eventually, citizens demand rights from their
  rulers
• They wanted to have opinions on laws
• They wanted to own land to pass on to family.
• Why?
• Could establish a source of income
• Become wealthy!

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The Magna Carta (Great Charter) 1215 A.D. England

• First formal declaration of rights for people
  given by any king
• 1st time ever a king has their powers limited
• How?
• King John guaranteed certain rights to nobles.
• Law veto power
• Who was King John?

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King John was a ruthless bastard who stole the
crown from Richard the Lionheart!.so somebody
stole from him!
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Magna Carta leads to Constitutional Monarchies

• Since the signing of the Magna Carta
• Kings and Queens in England continued to lose
  power in their countries
• Public demanded more and more!!
• 1265
• Britain builds the Parliament building

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Constitutional Monarchs

• Power is within the Parliament
• Legislative body of government
• Led by a Prime Minister
• Real leader of government
• King or Queen
• Now just a figure head
• Have no real power
• Strictly a ceremonial position

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The New Age of Government

• After WWI (1919)
• Most of the worlds empires were defeated
• Ottoman Empire
• Austria-Hungarian Empire
• German Empire
• Therefore
• They became new independent states
• They need new governments!

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What kind of governments would be established
after WWI?

• Large majority of countries establish a republic
  form of government
• Governments authority comes only from the people
  through representation.
• Men vote for representatives to work in
  government for them.
• If all adults can participate in government
• Called classical republic

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If thats a Republic, what exactly is a
democracy?

• Same as Republic, but
• Democracy
• Means rule by the majority
• Majority vote makes laws
• Therefore, minority usually has their rights
  superseded by desires of the majority
• Who are usually the minorities?
• Women
• Children
• Immigrants

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The Evil Empires.

• Dictatorships (2 types)
• If all government power lies within
• Autocracy
• 1 person
• Oligarchy
• Small group of people
• People usually have very limited rights
• Dictators are authoritarian leaders
• Answer only to themselves

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Worlds Worst Dictators of all time! 3

• Killed over 125,000 people to stay in power
• Murdered elderly and poor

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Worlds Worst Dictators of all time! 2

• Killed over 500,000 citizens in Russia to keep
  power

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Worlds Worst Dictators of all time! 1

• Starved over 4 million of own countrymen to death
  during his government plan called Great Leap
  Forward!
• Worked people 16 hrs
• Gave them 8 oz. of rice/ day

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Whats worse than a dictator?

• Totalitarian dictators
• Seek complete control over all aspects of
  citizens lives
• Political
• Religious
• Social
• Cultural
• Known as despotism
• Government controls everything

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Craziest Totalitarian Despotic Leaders Ever! 2

• Wants to blow South Korea off face of earth!
• Plus China!
• Plus Siberia!
• Plus USA!
• Plus France!
• Plus UK!

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Craziest Totalitarian Despotic Leaders Ever! 1