Matching Pairs Old and New RegimeOnline version Old and New Regime by Gehistart Artgeo 1 2 3 4 5 According to this theory, there was only a fixed amount of trade in the world and a country's wealth was based on the amount of gold and silver that it accumulated 6 God was the source of a monarch's power, and he was above the law 7 It was the political, social and economic system that was found in many parts of Europe up to the 18th century. 8 9 The monarch was not above the law, and he could not rule on his own Mercantilism Old or Ancient Regime Separation of powers Commoners Divine right of kings Absolutism Domestyc system Parlamentary monarchy Triangular trade