Revolutions

9. A small group of people having control of a country, organisation or institution
12. A person who wishes to end the practice of slavery
13. A philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted
15. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God
17. A society or organisation founded for a religious, educational, social or similar purpose
18. An authoritarian government

1. A state in which the supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives rather than a monarch
2. A system of ideas and ideals, esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
3. The state of being free within a society
4. The capitalist class who own most of society's wealth
5. An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state
6. The quality or condition of being modern
7. Favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform
8. A body of fundamental principles according to which a state in governed
10. A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
11. Never ending or changing
14. Immerse one's hands partially in water
16. Written or spoken communication or debate