The victory transformed Nepal from a monarchy to a republic after 239 years of autocratic rule.
The colonists fought for independence, against taxation without representation, to replace a monarchy with a republic.
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In 1830, the Belgian Congress voted to turn the country into a monarchy.
Napoleon III's plan was to instill a monarchy over Mexico and "have that monarch cooperate with the Confederacy, " Hayes-Bautista said.
France sought to impose a monarchy over democratic Mexico while U.S. foreign power weakened during the War Between the States.
Egypt was under the rule of a monarchy until Colonel Gamal Abdul Nasser led a military coup to topple the monarchy.
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Many in the poverty-stricken country, caught up in the quarrels of its Balkan neighbours, believed that a monarchy would provide peace and prosperity.
His critics accuse him of trying to confuse the main issue in the November referendum, which is whether Australia should be a republic or a monarchy.
It is currently a monarchy and though there is a parliament, the king, currently King Mswati III, appoints the prime minister and a certain number of representatives.
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Another poll this week by ICM for the Guardian suggests 22% of people believe the country would be better off without a monarchy, with 69% saying it would be worse off.
The Dutch, who are among the world's most egalitarian nations, have a monarchy that unites a country with a fractious history as shown by the huge support it receives in opinion polls.
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There is another elephant in the room, which is what she describes as the "love-hate" relationship Americans have with the UK, its colonial past, and the idea that in the creation of modern-day America the very idea of a monarchy was considered then eschewed.
It is not a word for a dramatic shift from an absolute (though relatively gentle) monarchy with a weak consultative assembly to a constitutionally limited monarchy with a strong, sovereign parliament and an elected president who can remove executive branch officials without entreating the king.
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Before Gadhafi's coup in 1969, Libya was a constitutional monarchy with a parliament, constitution and king.
There was a constant undercurrent of tension between a modernising monarchy and a conservative clergy.
Botros was a rebel, though within limits: he thought the collapsing Ottoman empire could be saved as a constitutional monarchy, a state composed of many nations.
England at the time could in no sense be described as a democracy, but the idea of accountability was entrenched at all levels of society by centuries of the common law, creating the political conditions for a constitutional monarchy and a dynamic economy.
The end-point of a particular society will depend upon its history and may be a constitutional monarchy like Jordan and Britain, or a full democracy.
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Thailand itself transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a democratic constitutional monarchy.
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Bhutan is now a constitutional monarchy, and its fifth king was coronated this month.
He had replaced a tottering theocracy with a hereditary monarchy, though Buddhism remained the national faith.
Although Jordan is theoretically a constitutional monarchy, its parliament has always acted on the initiative of the king.
In a July 2011 referendum, a new Moroccan constitution established a constitutional monarchy, akin to that of Sweden or Great Britain.
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In 1791, a liberal bill of rights reforming gentry-ruled Poland and setting up a constitutional monarchy, was signed by King Stanislaw Augustus.
"The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people, " he wrote.
Since the modern nation state's founding in 1932, Thailand has been served by a constitutional monarchy and is the only country in Southeast Asia to avoid coming under European colonial rule.
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