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in feudal Europe, a person who received a grant of land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services.

• Lord
• Reformation
• Vassal
• Absolute Monarchy

a Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy—especially the one active in Spain during the 1400s.

• Thomas Hobbes
• Inquisition
• John Locke
• Geocentric

the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.

• Excommunication
• Social Contract
• Popular Sovereignty
• Isaac Newton

extended the rights of "commoners" to have a voice in the government.

• Excommunication
• The Petition of Rights (1628)
• The English Bill of Rights (1688)
• Popular Sovereignty

colonists had to pay a tax to have an official stamp put on wills, deeds, newspapers, and other printed material.

• Lamp Act
• Stamp Act
• Act Act
• Tea Act

one of the three social classes in France before the French Revolution—the First Estate consisting of the clergy; the Second Estate, of the nobility; and the Third Estate, of the rest of the population.

• Louis XVI
• Estates
• Bourgeoisie
• Tithes

middle class were bankers, factory owners, merchants, professionals, and skilled artisans.

• Bourgeoisie
• Tithes
• Estates
• Louis XVI

a family’s payment of one-tenth of its income to a church.

• Tithes
• Bourgeoisie
• Louis XVI
• Estates

King of France from 1774 to 1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution. Deposed by the National Convention, he was executed by guillotine.

• Marie Antoinette
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• Constitution

Queen of France, wife of King Louis XVI; she was queen during the French Revolution and disliked by many French citizens. She was found guilty of treason and guillotined.

• Marie Antoinette
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• Constitution