Absolute monarchy in France led to continued acceptance of serfdom, while in England serfdom disappeared.
Constitutional monarchy in England led to representative government without a revolution, while France required a revolution.
Absolutism in France delayed the intellectual Enlightenment, while England's constitutional monarchy fostered the Enlightenment.
England's constitutional monarchy efficiently corrected the ills of poverty, while in France the monarchy ignored the poor.
Jefferson was famously against a strong central government, and this passage proves it. He hated the idea of a strong federal government becoming tyrannical, which is why he supported the occasional rebellion to keep it in check.
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