French Vocab

3. Having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters
5. spending Situation in which government spends more money than it takes in
6. Member of a group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement of society
8. Morning ritual during which nobles would wait upon King Louis XIV
9. Small group
11. of power Distribution or military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong
13. The middle class
14. Official appointed by French king Louis XIV to govern the provinces, collect taxes, and recruit soldiers
17. Informal social gathering at which writers, artist and philosophers exchanged ideas; originated in France in the 1600’s

1. Add a territory onto an existing state or country
2. Shutting off of a port to keep people or supples from moving in or out
4. Person who flees his or her country for policitcal reasons
6. Ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue
7. Right to vote
10. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country
12. Principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
15. right Right that belongs to all humans from birth
16. Give up a high office
18. contract Agreement by which people give up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos