Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Old Regime
- SOCIETY
- Noblity (high and low)
- Clergy (high and low)
- Commoners (bourgeoisie
and peasantry)
- SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
- Absolutism
- Monarch
- Held executive, legislative
and juditial powers
- Did not call the
representatives of the three
estates when approving new
taxes
- Economic policies
based on mercantilsm
- ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARISM
- Conflicts between the king and
Parliamen led to the Englsih Civil War
(1642-1651)
- Charles I executed
- New attempts