https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx en-us 2023-10-10 12:08:48 UTC 2023-10-12 12:19:58 UTC hello@padlet.com liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2739831961 -700 BC Athens was the first modern democracy in which it reached its peak in the fourth century. ]]> 2023-10-10 12:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2739831961 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2740158083 Rome was founded in 753 BC. Like Athens Rome was originally a city state ruled by monarchy. ]]> 2023-10-10 15:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2740158083 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741672215 Feudalism was the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century. In which marked the beginning of the middle ages. Feudalism was a loosely organized system in which powerful lords divided their lands among other, lesser lords. ]]> 2023-10-11 11:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741672215 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741677508 The primary relationship in the Feudal System was between the lord and his vassals. Serfs were the bulk of the population in the chain. ]]> 2023-10-11 11:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741677508 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741682028 Roman Empire had its spread across Western Europe so did Roman Catholicism. The church survived the collapse of imperial rule. It provided some measure of government like order to life in Europe in the middle ages. ]]> 2023-10-11 11:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741682028 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741694160 The Commercial Revolution began to change the ways in which people lived and did business. A horrific plague hit called the Black Plague it killed a third of Western Europe's population. Food went down in price. The economy became increasingly based on money and trade, not land. ]]> 2023-10-11 12:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741694160 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741699816 People allowed free people to set up towns on their land for a fee under a charter. In this way, towns started to spring up in Europe. In which these towns tested Feudalism. ]]> 2023-10-11 12:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741699816 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741706025 Leaders of these towns began to appreciate benefits of supporting a central authority and they allied themselves with monarchs. The monarchs in turn, saw the towns as a source of wealth that could free them from dependence on their vessels. By late the 1400's monarchs were spreading and feudalism was fading. ]]> 2023-10-11 12:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741706025 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741710448 To manage the national government monarchs hired loyal civil servants in which they educated at local universities. The state, in the person of the monarch, now had sovereignty. ]]> 2023-10-11 12:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741710448 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741715725 One way to gain legitimacy is tradition. A type of traditional legitimacy is known as the divine right of kings. Another way for a government is through the power of personality.]]> 2023-10-11 12:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741715725 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741722019 Colonialism is the control of one nation over lands aboard. Colonial Trade and its wealth brought newfound power to merchants, and monarchs adopted mercantilism to control and profit from that situation. European explorers reached the Western Hemisphere in which created so many opportunities for them to make money and new ways of life. ]]> 2023-10-11 12:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2741722019 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2742023081 John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, and David Ricardo were all enlightenment figures. All of these people and more set stones in enlightenment and helped make it the way it was. Some of these men like John Locke put forth the notion of the natural rights of all men, including the rights to life, liberty, and property. ]]> 2023-10-11 15:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2742023081 liamih24_ https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2743526797 First of the 2 Nations that I picked is the United Kingdom they have a current monarchy. United Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarchy. Which means they are way more reasonable then countries with things rather than absolute monarchies. The king or queen does not have absolute power. The other monarchy I picked is Saudi Arabia, they have a current monarchy. Saudi Arabia is a Absolute Monarchy. The king or queen has absolute power and can do whatever they would like. Which sounds like absolute chaos. ]]> 2023-10-12 12:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/liamih24_/4aswtcqwpor2uqvx/wish/2743526797