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Federalism is a type of government in which the power is divided between the national government and other governmental units. It contrasts with a unitary government, in which a central authority holds the power, and a confederation, in which states, for example, are clearly dominant.
The answer is D. Supporters of absolute monarchy would point to Thomas Hobbes, who said that society will always tend toward cruelty and that most people would enter into a social contract with the king to ensure law and order.
In his entire life, Hobbes<span> believed that the only true form of government was the </span>absolute monarchy<span>. </span>Hobbes<span> believed</span><span> in the king's right to wield supreme and unchecked power over his subjects. </span>
Erik the Red. Erik the Red, byname of Erik Thorvaldsson, Old Norse Eirik Rauð, Icelandic Eiríkur Rauði, (flourished 10th century, Norway?), founder of the first European settlement on Greenland (c. 985) and the father of Leif Eriksson, one of the first Europeans to reach North America.
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