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humanities one
chapter 8
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| enlightenment | ideas were published called the era of new ideas |
| reason | logical thinking |
| secularism | playing down the importance of a religion |
| individualism | a belief in the political and economic independence of individuals |
| popular sovereignty | people could only preserve thier freedom if they choose thier own government, and that good govrnment must be controlled by the people |
| social contract | government should be based on an agreement made by the people |
| Patriots | colonists who wanted independence |
| Loyalists | colonists who wanted to remain loyal to great britian |
| alliance | agreement formed to help both sides |
| oppresion | the creul and unjust use of powers against others |
| Reign if Terror | thousands of people died at the guillotine |
| balance of power | a way to keep peace by making sure no one nation or group of nations become to powerful |
| reactionaries | oppose change and would like to actually undo certian changes |
| Industrial Revolution | advances in industry, bussiness, transportation, and communications changed people's lives around the worldin almost every way |
| factors of production | items necessaryfor industry to grow includes;land, natural resources, workers, and capital. |
| capital | refers to the money and tools needed to make a project |
| factories | large buildings to house workers and thier equipment |
| capitalism | owning and operating factories |
| mass production | is a system of producing large numbers of identical items |
| working class | people who worked in factories of mines |
| literacy | the ability to read |
| emigrate | leave one's country to live in another |
| suburbs | area just outside or near a city |
| reform | is to remove it's faults |
| suffagrates | women who fought for all women's right to vote |
| nationalism | is the love of one's country more than the love of one's native region or state |