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The Athenians had overthrown monarchial rule replaced it with democracy and formed an assembly.

Greek civilization began to develop some 700 to 800 years before the common era B.C.E.

Athenian democracy was at the base of direct democracy and was also a start to making laws and the start of a government.

Who or what is involved in this government/economy?
Overrun by people and they overthrew the Monarchy

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In 509 B.C. the Monarchial rule was overthrown and it was replaced by a popular government. Once Greece began to emerge so did Rome on the Italian Peninsula. Rome was founded in 753 B.C. and like Athens, was originally a city-state ruled by a monarchy. This caused new things to be created like dividing Rome into two social classes and the Senate.

When was this government/economy? created or existed
753B.C.

Why was this Government/economy created?
Because the monarchial rule was overthrown, it was their next option, and followed through with it.

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The primary relationship in the feudal chain was that between a lord and his vassals, lesser lords who pledged their loyalty to the ranking lord- who was, in some places, a monarch. At the bottom of the chain are the peasants then the next level is their vassals to lords, vassals to kings, then the king.
When did the government/economy exist?
16th century
How has this government/economy operated?
The poor people on the bottom were the ones who farmed and did all the hard work, and then knights protected the peasants and gave them food and shelter, etc. This was successful and created a government is the short term.

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The Roman Catholic Church has survived the collapse of imperial rule and now its concern with feudalism and it provides some measure of government like order life in the Europe of the Middle ages. The church is now 2,00 years old and traces its origins to the birth of Christianity and to the death of Jesus in Jerusalem.

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By the end of the middle ages a commercial revolution began to change the ways in which people lived and did business. One major event during that time was the black plague of the 1340's and it did not destroy the feudal system but its far-reaching effects undercut that system. That plague caused everything to drop in price because of the decrease in population. The economy became increasingly based on money and trade, rather than land.

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During this time because of feudalism people would exchange food and work for safety and security but that also caused a problem for the lords they had no way to gather money some ways were to accept money from the military and vassals services. This caused more towns to be more centered on trading and freedom that tested the limits of feudalism

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These factors began to undermine the feudal system, weakening the power of the lords. Therefore by the late 1400s, the power of the monarchs was expanding and feudalism was fast disappearing in certain nations.

When did this government exist?
1400's

Who or what is involved in this government/ economy
Kings and Queens of that country controlled everything (absolute power)

How has this changed or affected the economy?
helped get rid of feudalism or slow it down in different countries.

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The state in the person now had sovereignty and the absolute monarchy made rules that everyone must maintain and follow including nobles. Absolute monarchies did a lot of things that would help the national government. This helped just keep everyone in line and now had sovereignty. This started around the 16th century.

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England -past

Constitutional Monarchy created in 1688
welfare with armies
practiced Mercantilism

France- past

Absolute Monarchy emerged around 16 to 17th century
Also practiced Mercantilism
legal systems

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There are different ways the government gains legitimacy and one is by tradition. People follow one form of government because that is how their society has been governed. People are so used to the way their society is governed that they just expect that it will be carried from now to the future. One traditional legitimacy is known as the divine right of kings. European monarchs based their rights to rule on the belief that God had granted them that authority. Any monarch that ruled a certain area did not have the answers to parliaments of the people, only to God

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Trade was a big thing forming that was because the monarchs were the only people that could create something because they were the ones with all the power. So monarchs created trading to get new resources and items to help each country thrive and create new things.

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In roughly the 1300s to the 1600s in Europe known as the Renaissance the world was changing and began to transform, and this is where people would want to have a little bit of power in their hands for voting and picking a leader for their country.

When was this government/economy created?
1300s-1600s

Who or what was involved in this Government/Economy?
Citizens of that country trying to get power to vote or choose their leaders.

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John Locke- political theorist

Thomas Hobbes- He made the social contract that defined rights and powers.

Francois- Marie Arouet- Freedom of religion

Niccio Machiavelli- Italian philosopher and statement

Baron de Montesquieu- Theory of separation of powers of government and checks and balances

Adam Smith and David Ricardo- criticized the economic policies that helped monarchs grow wealthier.

William Blackstone- strongly believed in the common law