History has shown that democracies are more effective than monarchies. People want to be able to vote and have a say in what their government does. It makes a lot more people happy and it gives people the feeling that they have more purpose in their government. From economic perspectives democracies have been more effective in making the country more prosperous. Monarchies did not give people much say in their government and for many of them their government worked a way they did not want it to. If somebody was ruled by a king they could possibly not like their king and they would have no way of having a say in what the king does. Overall, democracies are much more effective than monarchies because it gives the other people in the country more purpose in their government.
A monarchy is a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/monarchy) The monarchy is usually when there is a king or queen and they hold all the power for that country. There is one person in power and they choose what goes on in the government. Other people don’t have a say in what they do, it is just up to the person that has the power. This is not effective because it can cause a lot of anger with the people in the country that do not agree with what the person in power does. Also you can have a person in power that really does not deserve to be in power so they mess up a lot of things and they destroy the country. One great example of a person who was the head of a.jpg)
monarchy is Queen Elizabeth I. She was a very effective monarch. She helped establish England into a very prosperous country, politically and economically. She was very devoted to her country. When she was questioned by parliament regarding her not getting married she replied with “Yea, to satisfy you, I have already joined myself in Marriage to an Husband, namely, the Kingdom of England.” (http://englishhistory.net/tudor/eliz1-writings.html) She was one of the exceptions of an effective monarch. It is very unusual to find a monarch with such a passion and devotion towards her country and her people.
A democracy is : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority, a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections and a political unit that has a democratic government. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy) Democracy is more effective than monarchy because it involves the people in the country. People can choose who represents them in the government which makes more people get what they want in their government. Unlike a monarch where there is a king or queen which is unelected and come through inheritance. The most develope
d nations of the world are all democracies. The United States is a great example of a democracy because people choose who president is and people also choose governors and other people who represent us. The Declaration of Independence says, “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”( http://http//www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/) the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the passage of the United States constitution guaranteed the establishment of American democracy.
Democracy is much more effective than Monarchy. In democracy people get their say in the government unlike monarchy where it is all up to the one person in power.
A monarchy is a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/monarchy) The monarchy is usually when there is a king or queen and they hold all the power for that country. There is one person in power and they choose what goes on in the government. Other people don’t have a say in what they do, it is just up to the person that has the power. This is not effective because it can cause a lot of anger with the people in the country that do not agree with what the person in power does. Also you can have a person in power that really does not deserve to be in power so they mess up a lot of things and they destroy the country. One great example of a person who was the head of a
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monarchy is Queen Elizabeth I. She was a very effective monarch. She helped establish England into a very prosperous country, politically and economically. She was very devoted to her country. When she was questioned by parliament regarding her not getting married she replied with “Yea, to satisfy you, I have already joined myself in Marriage to an Husband, namely, the Kingdom of England.” (http://englishhistory.net/tudor/eliz1-writings.html) She was one of the exceptions of an effective monarch. It is very unusual to find a monarch with such a passion and devotion towards her country and her people.A democracy is : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority, a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections and a political unit that has a democratic government. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy) Democracy is more effective than monarchy because it involves the people in the country. People can choose who represents them in the government which makes more people get what they want in their government. Unlike a monarch where there is a king or queen which is unelected and come through inheritance. The most develope
d nations of the world are all democracies. The United States is a great example of a democracy because people choose who president is and people also choose governors and other people who represent us. The Declaration of Independence says, “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”( http://http//www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/) the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the passage of the United States constitution guaranteed the establishment of American democracy.Democracy is much more effective than Monarchy. In democracy people get their say in the government unlike monarchy where it is all up to the one person in power.
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"The Declaration of Independence." Ushistory.org. Web. 16 May 2010. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
"Democracy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary." Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online. Web. 16 May 2010. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
"Elizabeth I: Poetry." EnglishHistory.net. Web. 16 May 2010. http://englishhistory.net/tudor/eliz1-writings.html
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Two things: First, your thesis is way too wordy: "Overall, democracies are much more effective than monarchies because it gives the other people in the country more purpose in their government." You could just say: "In a democracy, citizens have more of a sense of purpose than they do under a monarch". Pay attention to details like this and please don't turn in rough drafts; final edits turn out so much better.
ReplyDeleteAnd second... just in terms of your argument, if you are going to go 'against' monarchy, it's probably not best to use Elizabeth -- who you claim was admittedly a 'good' monarch who provided stability -- to argue that monarchies do not provide stability.