17th Century Views on Gov't
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US History [1]
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17th Century Views on Government According to James I, the monarch possesses complete unquestioned power over every part of the State and everyone in it. He needs no advice or contribution from the Parliament, and the Parliament cannot exert any power without his permission. He holds supremacy over every single person in his kingdom, and can use his power to change, make, or delete laws at his will. He possesses this power because it is his born blood-right, since the royal line of kings had been founded before Parliament, law, land boundaries, and other restrictions of government. The monarch is the original, ultimate form of government and therefore possesses the ultimate power over all other parts of governing that arose later.