Revolutions vocabulary

u a philosophical movement in the 18th century marked by the belief in science and logic over religion and tradition.

• redcoat

• Enlightenment

• Revolution

• Monopoly

a nickname for the British soldiers in the American Revolution and other wars because of their bright red uniform jackets.

• Reign of Terror

• estate

• guillotine

• Redcoat

the 10-month period of the French Revolution during which more than 17,000 suspected enemies of the revolution were tried and executed

• Reign of Terror

• Bastille

• Industry

• Revolution

king of France (1774–92); he and his wife Marie Antoinette were guillotined during the French Revolution.

• Louis XIV

• George III

• Louis XVI

• Charles

a machine for beheading people

• Bastille

• guillotine

• ax

• monopoly

French lawyer and revolutionary leader

• Louis XVI

• Ben Franklin

• Robespierre

• Bastille

the French prison that was destroyed by a group of Parisians on July 14, 1789. It was one of the opening events of the French Revolution.

• Bastille

• Versailles

• The Royal Palace

• Buckingham Palace

an attempt by many people to overthrow an established government. They are usually violent.

• free enterprise

• monopoly

• revolution

• capitalism

an act passed by the British Parliament that created a monopoly on tea in the colonies and was unfair to American tea merchants. These acts caused the Boston Tea Party.

• Tea Acts

• Intolerable acts

• Stamp Act

• Beverage Acts

exclusive control over a service or product on the market

• communism

• capitalism

• free enterprise

• monopoly