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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bastille | The French prison that was destroyed by a group of French on July 14 1789 |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle of class society |
| Enlightened | a philosophical movement in the 18 century marked by the belief in science and logic over religion and tradition |
| Estate | a major social class with pollical power , like the clergy nobles and commons in France |
| Guillotine | a machine for beheading |
| Louis XVI | a King of France with power |
| Nobility | The second estate in France with power |
| Regine of Terror | The 10 month period of the France Revolution during where 17,000 people were executed |
| Robespierre | French lawyer and revolutionary leader |
| Versailles | a French of palace where king XVI lived |
| American Revolution | |
| Battel of concord | The battel of the American Revolution war that occur in Massachusetts |
| Battle of Lexington | The first battel of American Revolution in 1775 where the British were out numbered |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws passed by British Parliament took away Massachusetts right to self govern. Design to punish the colonies |
| Monopoly | Exclusive control over service or product on the market |
| Paul Revere | An American silversmith and patriot during the American Revolution. He rode to Lexington to warn the Patriot army of the army of the arrival of British troops in 1775 |
| Redcoat | A nickname for the British soldiers in the American Revolution |
| Revolution | an attempt by many people to overthrow an established government. usually violent |
| Samuel Adams | a Massachusetts politician who lead the American Revolution |
| Tea Acts | an act passed by the British Parliament that created monopoly on the tea in the colonies and was unfair for American tea merchants. |
| Capitalism | A way of organizing an economy in witch private individuals and not the government set prices and own resources and land. |
| coal | a dark, hard mineral that is found underground it is burned to make energy or heat |
| Factories | a building or group of building where goods are produced |
| free enterprise | An idea that private businesses in capilaist economy that they can compete |
| Industry | A production of finished from raw material |
| Mill | a building in witch raw material can be turned into finished goods |
| population | a number of people who lived in a specific place |
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