French Revolution Vocabulary

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Political regime where the monarch holds all power.

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Absolute Monarchy

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Political organization of France pre-1789, marked by monarchy and social orders.

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The Ancien Regime

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Inhabitant of a country with political rights

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citizen

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Document defining a country's political organization and government form.

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Constitution

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"All institutions and practices defining a state's political and social organization"

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Political Regime

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Political system where people elect officials.

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Democracy

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Assembly of representatives of the three estates in the Ancien Regime

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Estates-General

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"the state of not working and spending all one's time in recreation"

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Idleness

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Politics based on individual freedom

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Liberalism

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"an assembly with the power to make laws"

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Parliament