Was absolute monarch the foundation of Democracy?

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Was absolute monarch the foundation of Democracy?
In today’s world, there are several types of governments that control their countries. There are democracies, dictatorships, republics, monarchies etc. Absolute monarchy was a very common form of government centuries ago. Throughout this time period, many leaders, dictators, monarchs made mistakes that the government looks at today. The abuse and misuse of power by absolute monarchs inexorably led to the rise of modern democracy. This is shown through leaders abusing their powers as absolute monarchs, the unreliability of monarchy, and corrupt governments.
During the fifteenth to nineteenth century, there were several leaders from different countries, who abused their powers as absolute monarchs. The misuse of their powers led to downfall of their country. An example of an absolute monarch who abused their powers is Louis XIV. He is a very important figure in history because he would make decisions and everyone would be under his power and control. For example, he controlled all the taxations, military power and justice. Furthermore, he did not set a list of defined rules. What this meant was that whatever he wanted to do at the time became the law and he could change it anytime. Louis built the Palace of Versailles which demonstrated the wealth and power of the monarch. The expenses for building the palace ended up with peasants unable to pay the increased tax. The country was enraged, countless suffered from poverty and famine. The proposition of a revolution was spread and Louis divine rights were being stripped away. The inevitable failure of absolute monarchy led to the uprising of the Reign of Terror and Napoleon Bonaparte. After the beheading of the King and Queen, France ...

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...stakes that were made and try to avoid them. Without a doubt, democracy was the answer for most of these governments. If leaders were formally elected by citizens to represent them, the representative would not abuse their powers. If there was indeed a loophole in the way this system worked, the government would elect again to make further decisions. If King George III considered a democracy rather than a monarchy, the British Regency Crisis would not have existed. If the directory had made decisions as a whole rather than Napoleon crowning himself as dictator, many wars would most definitely be prevented. If monarchy was not the way the French government worked during 1770’s, the Queen would not have been a young, inexperienced fifteen year old girl, Marie Antoinette. The abuse and misuse of power from these absolute monarchs inevitably led to the rise democracy.

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