POL218Y5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: House Of Stuart, Puritans, Communist Society
1 May 2015
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Great britain: historical facts, feudal origins, state under henry the 8th. Navy and empire expanded: revolutions of 1688. Stuart dynasty- attempted to embed absolute monarchy. Civil war- consolidated position of parliament and the cabinet: parliamentary democracy. Industrialization: grew with liberal democracy with the growth of urban capitalists, introduced free trade in 1848 and britain"s position in the world economy, rise of liberal democracy. Right to vote and creation of labour party. Transition from liberalism to liberal democracy: dominant power, tories and conservatives. Traditional party of landed interests and upper class. Traditional party of commercial and mercantile interests. Formed by trade unions and fabian society. Single member, plurality voting, first past the post: whigs and liberals, labour party, electoral system, constitution. Fusion of power at the national level of constitutional principle that merges authority or branches of government. Parliament is the supreme legislative and executive authority: cabinet. France: early subordination to nobility to the monarch, absolutism, emerged from.
