Key Terms Crossword Puzzle

Napoleon's invasion of Spain and Portugal in 1807-1808, which forced the kings of both countries to flee.
English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.
A type of government in which a monarch, usually a member of a family that enjoys hereditary succession, serves as head of state. Under the terms of a constitution or body of laws, however, the monarch surrenders part or all of his or her governing power to a legislature and judiciary.
The sudden overthrow of an existing government by a small group. A "stroke of state" in French.
An uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic.
Most revolutionary of all movements on the Atlantic rim because it abolished an entire social system founded on slavery.
An organized, usually internal rebellion against a government or its policies, sometimes employing guerrilla or terror tactics.
A committee or council that seizes control of a local or national government, especially following civil upheaval or revolution.
A state within the Union of India from 1947 until 1956
A sovereign territorial state whose inhabitants share, or are ideally expected to share, common language, cultural traditions, history, and aspirations for the future.
An ideology centered on the natural rights of a people or "nation" to constitute a sovereign state.
An emotional or sentimental attachment to a place, an ethnic people, or a way of life; in modern times often to one's national homeland.
The doctrine that the sovereignty or independence of the state is vested in the people, and that the government is responsible to the will of the citizenry.
Eighteenth-Century uprisings, challenged political and social elites who exploited peasants.
Wages estimated in the amount of goods those wages will buy rather than in the face value of money paid.
A type of government in which sovereign power rests with a body of citizens possessing rights to vote to approve laws and to select public officials and representatives.
A war fought in the middle of the eighteenth-century. In its drive for territory and trade, the British East India Company faced oppositions not only from South Asians but also France, which had its own commercial stake in Indian Ocean commerce.
The principal social classes or orders constituting societies in premodern Europe; the Roman Catholic clergy, the titled nobility, and everyone else.
Involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.
Established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
Large-scale uprising in the mountainous regions of central China that contributed to the decline of the Qing dynasty.