A | B |
autonomy | self-rule |
conservatives | people who supported the old aristocracy |
ideologies | systems of thought and belief |
liberals | people who supported natural rights and a republican form of government |
universal manhood suffrage | giving all adult men the right to vote |
Charter of Liberties | a constitution issued by Louis XVIII |
Frankfurt Assembly | group of German delegates who tried to draft a constitution for Germany |
ultraroyalists | supporters of the king on the far right who wanted to restore the old regime |
recession | a period of reduced economic activity |
peninsulares | spanish-born people who dominated Latin American political and social life (Upper or 1st Class) |
creoles | European descended Latin Americans who owned haciendas, ranches and mines (2nd Class) |
mestizos | people of mixed Native American and European descent |
mulattoes | people of mixed African and European descent who were denied status, wealth and power |
truce | a temporary peace |