... right, kings were protected and common people were without any rights at all. What power people had was restricted to only wealthy noblemen. Another thing pre-Enlightenment was the lack of "say" that people had in the government. Many of the needs of the majority of people in a country were ... man named Thomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes had very strong political preferences. Part of this was due to his experience of political turmoil in the English Civil War. He voiced his support for the continuation of monarchy and the continuation of the feudal system. He believed a government was necess...

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... special assemblies. France was forced to listen to Parliament because the people were on the edge of revolt due to the pre-existing financial debt and the growing hatred for his wife, Marie Antoinette. England, on the other hand, declared civil war upon each other to get their desired government. All in all, the Puritan and French Revolutions are related to one another ... ...

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