THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

2. an addition to a document.
3. faire/ policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference.
7. (of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
10. Devotion to the interests or culture of one's nation.
11. restriction on access to idea ad information.
13. the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.
14. policy/ a military practice of devastating the property and agriculture of an area before abandoning it to an advancing enemy.
15. art is personal and charming.
17. informal social gathering at which writers, artists, and philosophers exchanged ideas; originated in France in the 1600s.
18. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
19. The act or a means of enlightening.
23. contract/ agreement by which people give up their freedom to powerful government in order to avoid chaos.
24. any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.

1. ornate style of art and architecture, popular in the 1600s and 1700s.
4. the right to vote, especially in a political election.
5. spending/ government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation.
6. of power/distribution of military and economic power that prevents anyone's nation from becoming too strong.
8. members of a group of enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement of society.
9. draft" which required all men to be ready for military or other service.
12. a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, usually for political reasons.
16. the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
20. lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law.
21. despot/ absolute ruler who uses his or her power to bring about political and social change.
22. rights/ right that belongs to all humans from birth.
25. d'état/ a sudden attempt by a small group of people to take over the government usually through violence.