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GCSE History · key term
A monarchy in which the ruler’s powers are limited by constitutional rules and representative institutions.
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Paper 1
Revise: Nicholas II and the CourtThe Constitutional Democrats, or Kadets, emerged as a liberal party seeking constitutional monarchy and parliamentary government. Unlike revolutionaries, liberals hoped to limit the monarchy rather than necessarily abolish it.
Paper 3
A system in which the monarch governs within legal limits rather than exercising unrestricted personal power.
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The Bill of Rights of 1689 helped establish the new succession and the development of constitutional monarchy: government in which the monarch’s power was limited by law. The revolution therefore changed not only who ruled, but also the relationship between the Crown and Parliament.