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Dbq Essay On Absolute Power

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Absolute power..good or bad?It's a topics often brought up in discussion. can Absolutism be justified as a means of providing order in otherwise unstable societies?Absolutism would help a unstable country because having at least one person running it is better than none because if the people were to decide they wouldn't agree on things and it would just huge mess and they would live in chaos.Document 2,6, and 7 help support my thesis. Absolute monarchy is a type of government in which the monarch has absolute power/control over his people.In the 2nd document it explains how the leader makes all of the decisions and that the rest of the members just follow that one persons will.In the document it states” The head alone has the right to deliberate and decide, and the functions of all the other members consist only in carrying out the commands given to them”which shows that everybody follows the leader with absolute power.Absolutism was used in Europe when King Louis built the palace of Versailles.He had complete control of it and he showed that by building the palace.

Devine rights is the doctrine that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.In document 6 it's explains how horrible it would be for a king to use a power that God has
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