Unit 5 Age of Reason & Revolution Vocabulary Crossword

A form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme autocratic authority
A political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy
A fleet of warships
The highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
A deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city
Theory that states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military power to dominate all others
An act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown
A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign exercises authority in accordance with a written or unwritten constitution.
The existence of a constitution—which may be a legal instrument or merely a set of fixed norms or principles generally accepted as the fundamental law of the polity
The committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy.
A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
A political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed, and equality before the law.
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
Mixed mode of government, combining a general government with regional governments in a single political system.
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
the process of making an area more urban
The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill
The manufacture of large quantities of standardized products often using assembly lines or automation technology
The state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.
A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system
A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct
a theory that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual
Rights that believe it is important for all animals or even living beings to have out of natural law
A political and social system that no longer governs
A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering
An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
Principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power
An extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one person, family, or organization
The middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes
The legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm (i.e., the clergy, the nobility, and the commons).
An event when the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established".
A fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine