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| Republic | a form of Goverment in which power is in the hands of the representatives and leaders are elected by the pople. |
| Estate | 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. |
| Guillotine | a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution. |
| French Revolution | The French war for democracy that began in 1789 and ended with the overthrow of the monarchy. |
| Aristocracy | A goverment in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling classor nobility. |
| Capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit. |
| Bill Of Rights | The first ten amendments to the U.S constitution, which protect citizens' basic rights and freedoms. |
| Goverment | A politicial system for exercising authoriy. |
| Nationalism | The belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation-that is,to the people with whom they share a culture and history -rather-than to a king or empire. |
| Natural Laws | Paterns and explanations of the world discovered through reason and intelligence;used by the Greeks in place of superstition and traditional explanations of the world. |
