| 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 |