American and French Revolutions

a principle where a government is created by and subject to the will of the people​

A form of government in which power is shared between the national and state governments​.

An alteration proposed or effected by parliamentary or constitutional procedure​.

Assured the fulfillment of a condition​.

One of the three classes in French society before the revolution: First Estate (clergy, or church officials); Second Estate (nobles); and Third Estate (peasants and townspeople). Also, a large piece of land with a grand house​.

An annual direct tax, usually on land or property, that provided a regular source of income for the French monarchy​.

One who consumes or uses economic goods​.

The middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people​.

The act of excluding.

"Without breeches”; members of the Paris Commune who considered themselves ordinary patriots wearing long trousers instead of the fine knee-length breeches of the nobles