Great Britain

1. Origins of state.

1. Types of Government

1. Parliamentary Monarchy. During the second half the sixteenth century, monarchs sought new revenues and the English monarchy failed but shaped subsequent political development. The Stuart kings aspired to the autocracy Louis XIV achieved. A the beginning of the XVII century, the English monarchy was strong, Parliament met only when the monarch needed financial support, but James I and Charles I imposed new sources of income without its own consent. Parliament opposed this behavior and several times Charles I dissolved it. The Parliament achieved the Petition of Rights and showed it had more power than the monarch and fi...

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