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WC - Unit 2 (Part 2)
Unit 2 Europe (Part 2)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute Monarch | Ruler with complete authority over the government & lives of the people he or she governs |
| Divine Right | Belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God |
| Enlightenment | A European intellectual movement of the late 1600s & 1700s emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition |
| Enlightened Despot | Absolute ruler who uses power to bring about political and social change |
| Laissez-Faire | “Let them do” in French; policy allowing businesses to operate with little or no government interference |
| Natural Law | Rule or law that governs human nature |
| Social Contract | Agreement by which people give up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos |
| Natural Rights | Rights that belongs to all humans from birth |
| Philosophes | Member or group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply methods of science to the improvement of society |
| Popular Sovereignty | All government power comes from the people |
| Federal Republic | Government in which power is divided between the national (or federal) government and the states |
| Constitution | The system of beliefs and laws by which a country, state, or organization is governed |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle class - bankers, merchants, manufacturers, lawyers, doctors, bureaucracy, journalists, professors, skilled artisans |
| Faction | Small group |
| Émigré | Person who flees his or her country for political reasons |
| Republic | System of government in which officials are chosen by the people |
| Suffrage | Right to vote |
| Nationalism | A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country |
| Jacobins | Member of a club established in Paris in 1789; the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution; in association with Robespierre, they instituted the Terror of 1793–1794 |
| Legislative Assembly | Governing body of France between 1791 & 1792; replaced the National Assembly; created a constitutional monarchy with Louis XVI as the head of state |
| National Convention | Governing body of France from 1792 to 1795; replaced the Legislative Assembly; most radical government of the French Revolution; created a French Republic with no monarchy |
| Committee of Public Safety | Created by the National Convention, a small committee charged with saving the revolution and protecting it; basically ran the French government during the most radical phase, the Reign of Terror (1793-1794) |
| Sans-Culottes | A revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries |
| The Terror | A period of the French Revolution from 1793-1794 in which thousands were executed for being suspected “enemies” of the revolution |
| Directory | A five-member committee which governed France from 1795-1799 when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety |
| Blockade | Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out |
| Guerrilla Warfare | Fighting carried on through hit-and-run raids |
| Abdicate | Give up a high office |
| Legitimacy | The right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a régime (government) |
| Coup d’état | French for “blow to the state,” a sudden seizure of power |
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