| word |
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| definition |
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| 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 |
5th Grade Science
