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MWH Unit 2 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Monarchy | A government where the king or queen has total power. |
| First Estate | The clergy, or church leaders, in France. |
| Second Estate | The nobles in France. |
| Third Estate | Common people in France, including peasants, workers, and the middle class. |
| Bourgeoisie | Middle-class people such as merchants, lawyers, and business owners. |
| National Assembly | A new government body formed by the Third Estate in 1789. |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen | A document declaring that all men had natural rights and freedoms. |
| Louis XVI | The king of France during the Revolution. |
| Coup d’état | A sudden overthrow of a government. |
| Colony | A territory controlled by another country. |
| Creoles | People of European descent born in Latin America. |
| Enlightenment | A movement promoting reason, natural rights, and new ideas about government. |
| Simón Bolívar | A leader who helped free several South American countries from Spain. |
| Haitian Revolution | A successful slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that led to Haiti’s independence in 1804. |
| Saint-Domingue | The French colony on the island of Hispaniola that later became Haiti. |
| Toussaint Louverture | The leader of the Haitian Revolution who fought to end slavery. |
| Emancipation | The act of being freed from slavery. |