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Lesson 8 Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Limited Government | A political system where the legalized force is restricted through delegated powers |
| Parliament | The highest legislature consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons |
| House of Commons | The lower house of the country's parliament and consists of 650 members |
| House of Lords | The upper house of the country's parliament and is composed of the leading clergy and nobles of the country |
| Rotten Boroughs | A borough that was able to elect a a representative to Parliament through having very few voters, the choice of representative typically being in the hands of one person or family |
| Suffrage | The right to vote in political elections |
| Universal Suffrage | Extension to voting rights to all citizens without restrictions |
| Women's Suffrage | The right of women to vote |
| Tariff | A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports |
| Reform Act of 1832 | An Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales |
| Chartists | Statement of principles and demands |
| William Gladstone | An English Liberal politician who was Prime Minister four times |
| Benjamin Disraeli | A British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister twice |
| Prime Minister | The head of an elected government, the principal minster of a sovereign or state |
| Reform Act of 1867 | Enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first time |
| Secret Ballot | A ballot in which votes are cast in secret |
| Louis XVlll | Monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1814 to 1824 |
| Charles X | Dissolved the Chamber of Deputies, restricted freedom of the press, and launched an invasion of Algeria |
| Radical | Relating to or affecting the fundamental of something |
| Moderate | A person who holds moderate views |
| Monarchist | A supporter of the principle of having monarchs |
| Louis Philippe | King of France (1830-1848) |
| Second Republic | Republican government of France between the 1848 Revolution |
| Louis Napoleon | The only President of the French Second Republic |
| Franco-Prussian War | Prussian troops advanced into France and decisively defeated the French at Sedan |
| Third Republic | System of government adopted in France from 1870 |
| Paris Commune | The municipal government organized on communalistic principles elected in Paris in 1871. It was soon brutally suppressed by government troops |
| Communards | A member of a commune |
| premier | A prime minister or other head of government |
| Corn Laws | Designed to keep grain prices high to favour domestic producers |
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