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French Revolution
Global 10.02
Question | Answer |
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revolution | a very great change from things in the past |
rebel | n. a person who rises in opposition against a government v. the process of fighting against one’s government |
revolt | to rise up and fight against the government or other authority |
tradition | the beliefs and ways of doing things that are passed down from parents to children |
tyranny | a government in which a single person rules absolutely in a cruel way |
taxation | the act of requiring people to pay the government |
commoner | a lower class person |
citizen | a resident of a town or city, esp. one entitled to civic privileges such as voting |
inequality | the condition of not being equal or fair |
constitution | the set of basic laws and principles by which a nation, state, or other organization is governed |
republic | a political order headed by an elected or chosen official as opposed to a hereditary monarch |
discontent | a lack of satisfaction |
abuse of power | misuse of one’s position in power, usually government |
dictator | ruler with total power over a country, usually gained by force |