 | Term | Definition |
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absolute monarchy |
the king had complete power to govern |
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divine right |
belief that monarch athourity came from up above |
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revoloution |
uddn great change |
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estates |
social classes |
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aristocracy |
made up the second estate |
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peasents |
rm workers |
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Declaraion of Rights of Man and of Citizen |
statement stating fair taxtation and choice of Reli. |
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Reign of Terror |
period of cruelty |
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Latin America |
cultural region south of he United States, influenced by Spain, Fance, and Portugal |
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mestizo |
people of mixed Native Americans and European ancestry |
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confederation |
a group of provinces or states under a central government |
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Idustrial Reoloution |
when technology changed how goods were made and how people lived |
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textile |
cloth fabric that is either woven or knitted |
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factory |
large buildings built by erchants to make products in |
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middle class |
made up of merchants, lawyers, factory owners, and bankers |
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working class |
biggest group in brittish society/ made up of mostly female and male farmers |
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socialism |
ideas that would later form the basis of their new type of government |
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imperialism |
extension of a nations power over the lands by military, poltical, or economic means |
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Meiji Restoration |
when Meiji gained control over Japan, the event was called this |
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bureacracy |
large organization running the daily buisiness of a government |
