Age of Revolutions Vocabulary

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Form of government in which a ruler holds absolute (total) power

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Absolutism

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King or queen of a country and their family

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Monarchy

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A machine with a heavy blade used for beheading people

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Guillotine

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Period in France where people were ruled by fear and public executions were popular

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Reign of Terror

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Document declaring the United States an independent nation

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Declaration of Independence

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Someone who was in favor of American independence

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Patriot

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Someone who was opposed to American independence

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Loyalist

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The idea that no one, not even the king, is above the law

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Rule of Law

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The first document that began to limit the power of the government

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Magna Carta

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Rights that cannot be taken away; life, liberty, property

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Natural Rights