How Form 2220 Governing 2023-2024

P>Secretary of the Treasury deals with money. Now, we are going to look at our types or forms of government. When we talk about what kind of government a country has, we don't often talk about the systems we've been describing. We usually talk about the type or form that a government has. After all, most people wouldn't describe the US government as being a federal system of government, but as being a democracy. And even the word democracy isn't specific enough because America really is a republic. When talking about Great Britain, we wouldn't refer to them as having a unitary or a parliamentary government, but we might describe it as a constitutional monarchy. However, the British might also describe their government as a democracy. So as we go through the different types, remember that countries can have a few of these forms going on at the same time. The type of government that a country has includes how the government operates, who holds power, and how they are organized. Let's go back to Great Britain to demonstrate our first type, which is a monarchy. You're probably familiar with monarchies. These are states that are ruled by a king or queen. Now, this used to be a very popular form of government during the Middle Ages. Most European countries had what are known as absolute monarchies, in which the king or queen held all of the power to pass laws, collect taxes, and fight wars. Think Louis XIV here of France or Henry VIII of Great Britain, who were kings with absolute power. But as the Enlightenment era swept across Europe, monarchs were often forced to share their power of making laws with legislative bodies, as we discussed with the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights. This...