England has been a monarchy from its beginning. The first man to claim to be the king of all England was King Egbert around 800. We did have one of the first revolutions in the 1600's when the king was deposed and beheaded. Within 20 years, though, the monarchy had been restored. Better sensible non-elected monarchs than elected lunatics.
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the UK is a constitutional monarchy, The queen is the head of state but we have a parliament.
Because power is passed down through generations
The UK is a Constutional Monarchy. There is universal suffrage (the vote) for all over 18. Currently we have a Labour Government, (Ummm I'll say no more on that subject !) & Gordon Brown is the PM.
In 1770 the colonies were part of the British monarchy. They had a king and were considered property of that king.
You are describing and Absolute Monarchy.
In a Monarchy power is inherited. This holds true in a Constitutional Monarchy if that is based on the laws governing the monarchy.