AP WORLD VOCAB 5

balance of power

the distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong

bourgeoisie

the middle class (in France)

caudillos

independent military leaders with large personal followings (in Latin America)

codify/codification

to organize into a system (such as a body of law)

conservatism

an ideology based on tradition and social stability and is resistant to change

coup d'etat

the sudden overthrow of a government usually by the military

émigré

a person who leaves their own country in order to settle in another, typically for political reasons

estate

one of three social classes in France

feminism

the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes

gens de couleur

people of mixed race in Haiti

Jacobin

the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution

legitimacy/principle of legitimacy

the principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution and Napoleon were restored with people of an actual royal bloodline

liberalism

an ideology that favors maximum individual liberty in political and social reform

nationalism

the sense of belonging and identity that distinguishes one nation from another

old order/old regime

the political and social system of France in the 18th century before the revolution

principle of intervention

the idea that countries have the right to send armies into other countries where there were revolutions to restore legitimate monarchs to their throne

radical

having extreme political or social views that are not shared by most people

sans culottes

a lower-class Parisian in the French Revolution who were extreme supporters of a republic

taille

a form of direct royal taxation that was levied in France before 1789 that tended to weigh most heavily on the peasants