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The symbol of a crown
represents a constitutional
monarchy because a queen or
king is the leader.
Important Vocabulary
Parliament - Congress
Consent of the Governed - idea that a government's legitimacy
and moral right to use state power is only justified and legal
when derived from the people or society over which that political
power is exercised.
Rule of law - the legal principle that law should govern a nation,
as opposed to arbitrary decisions by individual government
officials. No one is above or below the law.
Prime Minister - the head of an elected government; the
principal minister of a state.
Constitutional Monarchy
Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in
which a king or queen acts as Head of State. The ability to
make and pass legislation resides with an elected
Parliament, not with the Monarch.
- The monarch has to be elected after the past monarch
has died or resigned
- The monarch’s power is limited
- The constitutional monarchy we know today really
developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Pros and Cons
of Constitutional Monarchy
+ Monarchs have limited
power
+ More stable
+ The people have more
respect for the monarch
if the monarch doesn’t
keep changing
- Monarchs have limited
power
- It can be very expensive
to keep the monarchs
style the same
- The people can’t kick a
monarch out of his or
her position because
they are normally the
monarch for their lifetime
United
Kingdom
- David Cameron is the prime minister of
the United Kingdom
● Queen Elizabeth asked David as prime
minister to form a new government
- The United Kingdom was an absolute monarchy
until 1215 when they became a constitutional
monarchy
Australia
- Tony Abbott is the prime minister of
Australia
● People said he was the worst prime minister ever
because he won’t make anything modern.
Everything has to be traditional
- Australia has been a constitutional monarchy
since 1901
Brazil
- Dilma Rousseff is the president of
Brazil
- Brazil was a constitutional monarchy but
now has a *federal republic
- Brazil has been a federal republic since
1988
*a form of government made up of a federal state with a constitution and self-governing subunits
Discussion Questions
1. How are leaders selected in this form of
government?
a. Leaders are elected
2. What titles are they given?
a. They are called Monarchs and Prime Ministers
3. How is consent of the Governed used in this
government, if at all?
a. Yes this government type does use consent of the
governed because the leader is elected.
Discussion Questions Cont.
4. When does the power change hands in this
form of government?
a. Power changes when the previous leader dies.
5. How is rule of law used in this government?
Do government leaders follow this concept?
How so?
a. The leaders don’t follow the concept that no one is
above or below the law
Analysis
6. How effective is this type of government?
a. A Constitutional Monarchy is very effective
because the monarch does not have
absolute power over the people unlike an
absolute monarchy. The Monarch also
does not make all the rules which can
normally make things more difficult.
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