Part III and IV

Micoangolo started working on a 13 foot thing of marble. 15 years earlier he moved in with the Medici. He was exposed to a world of artistic work. He was raised among the heirs of the Medici. He watched as they prepared a guy for the kingship. A bloody Civil war sparked in the streets because people were jealous of the Medici's wealth. The heirs were casted into exile. The city of Florence placed a price on both of the cousin's heads. On the 25 of January, Micoangolo was ready for the world to see his marble masterpiece. Every agreed that is was a monumental step forward, so they decided that I should be put outside the town hall. After nine years Jovian and Julio went to Rome. The pope was sympathetic to the Medici so they assembled assembled an army to go back to Florence. Leonardo studied the detail for the human body, and did not miss any detail, but he new Micoangolo was a commentator. They both were given a wall to decorate of the battles. By 1512 thousand of armed solders were inside Tuscany, getting closer to Florence. Florence knew they were hopelessly outnumbered. Just a few miles away, after the massacre, the people of Florence gave in. The Medici were back, but no one trusted the Medici. Later they received news that their pope was dead. Cardinal Javari was now pope Leo the X. His acceptance to the papacy now changed everything. For the first time the Leader of the Catholic church was born in Florence. They painted a boy for the celebration, to represent the Golden Age, but later the child died because of paint poisoning, but his death went unnoticed. Micoangolo was forced into painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, which he thought that he would fail. He created some of the most amazing art during that time. They wanted him to make the tombs for the dead Medici Family, and now he had no make sculpture for him. Soon Leo the X owed each bank some money cause he used it all within the first year. They then started selling indulgences, which was something they sold that would forgive people of their sins. Marting Luther was horrified about what he saw.

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In his mind, how do you think Michaelangelo justified turning on the Medici?

I think he justified it by thinking that because the Medici were exiled, they would not be coming back to the town, therefore the Medici would never know the he turned on them. Also maybe he thought that if he associated himself with the Medici while there were in exile, nobody would ever buy any of his work because he was associated with people the town did not like. Most likely, I think tat Michelangelo was thinking more about himself when he turned on the Medici, then thinking about the family that brought him up.

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Is monarchy more or less effective than democracy?

Many people love being and American. Many people love voting for the people who will make the choice for the country, and having a say in what happens where they live. Also many people love being treated equally and having the freedom of speech, and many other rights that come with being an American. If they lived in a Monarchy type of government, most of these choices would not be possible. A Monarchy is “a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch”. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/monarchy ) A Monarchy may be more efficient on making decision, but may not be the best form of government out there.
In a Monarchy is a government system where the head of the state is a single person. Usually the position of king or queen is pasted down from family member to family member. This is probably one of the oldest systems of government, and at one point back in history, almost all of the government systems in the world were Monarchy. One form of a Monarchy is an absolute monarchy, which it a type of Monarchy which the head person has total authority over the government and their people. Here they have a cabinet which assists the head person, but they cannot make any decisions of their own.
Another type of Monarchy government is the constitutional Monarchy, where the head person shares the power with the house of representative or congress. The head person, the king or queen, are active within the government making important decisions, but they share their power with the House of Representatives or Congress. The head person, also known as the monarch, can “veto” anything he or she does not think is right, or will not work.(http://sites.google.com/site/monarchyrevival/types-of-monarchy) Monarchy is a type of government that is more efficient then a Democracy. This is because of the monarch, who can make decision on the spot, unlike in a democracy, where there may be a lot of waiting involved because of the shared power in the government.
In a Democracy, is a type of government where the government is either carried out by the people, or by someone they elect to speak for them. There are two policies associated with the government Democracy: freedom and equality. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”( http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/declare.asp) Firstly, equality comes in where everyone is equal before the law, as in no one is above the law, not even the president, and also they have equal access to power. Secondly, freedom comes in when we say that people have the same rights and liberty which are usually protected by the government, unless you break the law, in which case some rights may be taken away. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml)
Although a Democracy may be the most wanted type of government, where everyone has a say in what happened, it may not be the most efficient type of government because to pass a law it will take much planning, and many elections just to have a bill passed and to become a law. In a Monarchy, the monarch can say right there and then if the bill will be passed or not. The monarch making the decisions may be the fastest way to get bills pasted, but most likely there will be people who do not agree with the bill, but can’t do anything about it. America has a government very close to a Democracy, but instead of having elections all the time to have bills pasted, we vote on people who vote on the bills for us. As we can see, America has been doing fine without type of government, but it may takes months or year to get a bill pasted, and is definitely not the most efficient way to get things done.


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Henry VIII

Henry VIII was born in 1497, and was the second son of Henry VII. During Henry the VIII rule, he had six marriages. With Catharine of Aragon he had his daughter Mary, then he married Anne Boleyn, and she gave him another daughter, Elizabeth. After Anne was executed for treason, he married Jane Seymour, who by the end of the month died giving birth to Henry's first son Edward. Later he arranged a married with Anne of Cleves. The in 1540 he married Catharine Howard., who was later executed for infidelity. Then Catharine Parr became is wife, and was his wife until his death. During his rule he witnessed the separation of the Roman Catholic church. This was a "by-product" of Henry VIII wanting a male heir so bad. The Religious reforms started to take hold of England, on a small scale. The breaking of the church was a result of law, not society. Henry was the Supreme head of the Catholic Church, which was why he was able to maintain his power through the whole ordeal.

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Scotland

Before Scotland was named Scotland, it was known as the Kingdom of the Picts. The development of Pictland was a response of Roman imperialism in the Battle of Dunnichen. Scotland was friends with Edward, until he started meddling with their affairs, and the relationship ended, causing the Wars of Scottish Independence. The country started to change very dramatically when Robert de Brus killed John Comyn. Robert I battled to win the independence of the state for over 20 years. After their victory in 1314, it took fourteen more years to come with the independence document, the Declaration of Arbroath. "
The Declaration urged the Pope to see things from a Scottish perspective and not to take the English claim on Scotland seriously. It used strong words, indicating that without acceptance of the Scottish case that the wars would continue and the resultant deaths would be the responsibility of the Pope. " (http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/arbroath.html)

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