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| Enlightenment | 18th century movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and scientific method to all aspects of society |
| Estates General | an assembly of representatives from all three social classes in France |
| First Estate | the clergy of the Catholic church in France, made up 1% of population |
| Second Estate | the rich nobles of France, 2% of population |
| Absolutism | political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country |
| Edict of Nantes | declaration by French King Henry IV that promised toleration of Protestants |
| Third Estate | in France, 97% of the population including the bourgeoisie, merchants, workers and peasants |
| Tennis Court Oath | pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in which they vowed to continue meeting until they ahd drawn up a new constitution |
| Bourgeoisie | the middle class of French population that included bankers, factory owners, merchants and artisans |
| Reign of Terror | period from 1793-94 when Robespierre ruled France and thousands of polical figures and ordinary citizens were executed |
| Coup d'etat | a sudden siezure in political power in a nation |
| boyars | landowning nobes of Russia |
| Storming of the Bastille | A French mob overwhelmed a French prison to obtain gunpowder, became a great symbolic act of the French Revolution |
| Congress of Vienna | series of meetings in 1814-15 in which European leaders sought to establish peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon |
| Continental System | Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe which intended to destroy Great Britain's economy |
| nationalism | belief that people should be loyal to their nation rather than a king or empire |
| Constitutional Monarchy | a system of government in which the rulers power is limited by law |
| Daiymo | Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai |
| Huguenot | a French Protestant |
| Divine Right | the idea that monarch's are God's representative on earth and get their power from God |
