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Absolute Monarch
• A King or Queen rules• They have Absolute
Authority• They believe they get
their power from God• They do not recognize
“natural rights”. If you have rights, they give them.
• King Louis XIV (14 ) of France (movie Man in the Iron Mask)
Totalitarian Dictatorship
• One person rules everything about everyone
• They often come to power through election or military force
• They do not recognize “natural rights” so they will make rules about your social life and personal choices
• Hitler of Germany, Stalin of USSR, Castro of Cuba, and Kim Jung-il of North Korea
Direct Democracy
• People meet to make laws
• Small communities can use this if everyone is a lot alike, otherwise fights tend to break out when there is a lot of diversity
• Majorities tend to abuse Minority viewpoints
• Small towns in New England, Greece - Athens
Republican Democracyor Representative Democracy
• People elect representatives to make the laws for them
• Allows for large groups to have views expressed through a representative
• Representatives may act as a delegate and do as you wish or as a trustee and do what they think is best for you (even if you don’t agree). This offers protection for minority views
• Regular elections lets you remove those that you disagree with
• The United States• Gets its name from the Roman
Republic
Presidential System
• A President is elected by the people to enforce or carry out the laws
• He is not part of the lawmaking or legislative branch
• The United States
Parliamentary System• The executive or person who
enforces or carries out laws is chosen by the legislative branch
• They are called a Prime Minister
• Not directly chosen by the people
• The two branches are working closely together. The Prime minister would not veto the laws made by the legislative body
Confederation• States come together to form a
Loose Friendship or Association
• States maintain sovreignty (independent rule) and act as nations
• States control money and trade
• The Confederation or friendship is usually just to fight a common enemy or promote trade between states
Federal System
• Two governments have authority to rule
• A central or national government (federal government) is given power to act on behalf of all states for defense, foreign trade, national goals (end pollution). National power is supreme
• State governments may also make laws for the common good of the people. State laws may not violate National laws.