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Brodcast vocab P1
Question | Answer |
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Enlightenment | A European movement where thinkers and writers tried to solve the problems of society by using reason. |
Prejudice | Having An unfair or unreasonable opinion about something |
Guillotine | A machine used to execute people by chopping off their head. |
Minutemen | Armed Americans in the Revolutionary War who were ready to right at any time |
The French Revolution | A war where the common people of France fought to achieve freedom. |
Code of Napoleon | A code of laws that Napoleon created that forbade privileges based on birth and , allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. |
Enforce | To make sure people are following the rules or laws of a government or society. |
Estate General | A legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. |
Boycott | withdraw from commercial or social relations as a punishment or protest against someone or something |
Convention | A large meeting or conference of members of a political party or a particular profession. |