HIST 1003 : Exam 2
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Absolutism triumphs/appears to triumph in some places such as. The unusual that the subjects win the case (england) Importance of fronde is relevant for later situations. Why were the events of the 1640s different from earlier crises of the early. The people understand that the tyrant has to rule according to god which is a contract. This is different though: individuals with property possess natural political rights that are god given that exist before there is government. People without property however do not have political rights. Individuals delegate the use of some of their natural rights to the state for specific ends. We give the government the right to use some of our political natural rights such as to take income in the form of taxation. Political power thus arises within society that is given by the people not god. Natural rights society forms society creates government to help survive: hobbes and locke bring theory to us about secular theory.
