England Had The Best Type Of Government During The Age Of Absolutism (1500-1789) In

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England had the best type of government during the age of absolutism (1500-1789) in
Europe.
England was a constitutional monarch which meant that the power of the monarch (the
king or queen)
was limited by the laws made by the parliament.
England's government was different from that of most other countries in that most of
Europe
during that time was ruled by absolute rulers, but England was ruled by a monarchy and
the
parliament.
The relationship between the kings and the parliament sometimes were good and
sometimes
they were bad. For example, the relationship between Charles I and the parliament was
really bad.
The parliament forced Chares I to sign the Petition of Rights (signed in 1628, it prohibited
the
king from raising taxes without the consent of the parliament) because of Charles'
behavior of
trying to run the country as an absolute monarch by raising taxes and imprisoning people
without
a trial, but after signing the petition Charles ignored it. Later on Charles brought in troops
to try to arrest certain members of parliament but was unsuccessful, and very soon a civil
war
broke out (1642-1649) between those who supported the king (Cavaliers) and those who
supported
the parliament (Roundheads). But the king lost the war and wa

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