American & French Revolution Vocab

The middle class in France.

• Coup d’état

• Estate

• Guillotine

• Bourgeoisie

To protest by refusing to do something.

• Persecute

• Constitution

• Boycott

• Democracy

Basic laws of a state that define the role of government and guarantee its obligation to the people; a document that describes how a country will be governed and guarantees people certain rights.

• Limited Government

• Constitution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Democracy

A change in government in which a new group of leaders seize power by force.

• Coup d'état

• Guillotine

• Bourgeoisie

• Boycott

A government by the people.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Constitution

• Limited Government

• Democracy

A social class in France before the French Revolution.

• Guillotine

• Persecute

• Estate

• Coup d’état

A government whose powers are restricted through laws or a constitution.

• Constitution

• Limited Government

• Democracy

• Popular Sovereignty

To treat a group of people cruelly or unfairly.

• Persecute

• Bourgeoisie

• Guillotine

• Boycott

The idea that government is created by the people and must act according to people's wishes.

• Estate

• Constitution

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

Designed to make executions quick and more humane but instead came to represent harshness and fear during the French Revolution.

• Estate

• Bourgeoisie

• Guillotine

• Coup d’état