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  • These individuals had no freedom and were treated as property
    enslaved people
  • What is the bourgeoisie?
    The middle class
  • What is a conservative?
    A person who favors the traditional way of doing things opposes rapid changes and favors free enterprise
  • 18th-century philosophical movement that emphasized new ideas about reason and government other than monarchy
    Enlightenment
  • People forced to work without pay not free to leave treated as property
    enslaved people
  • What is nobility?
    Privileged upper class with special rights and titles usually inherited
  • Taking advantage of others for personal gain or profit
    exploitation
  • What is a peasant?
    Country person considered unintelligent by social elites
  • Political and social idea that promotes individual rights freedoms democracy and free enterprise
    liberal
  • When the people agree to be governed
    consent
  • The highest social class with inherited titles and privileges
    nobility
  • A person with full rights and responsibilities in their country
    citizen
  • Who were enslaved people?
    People forced to work without pay not free to leave treated as property
  • Who were indentured laborers?
    People who work for a set number of years to pay off debts in exchange for eventual freedom
  • The power of self-government with independence and no outside control
    sovereignty
  • People who work for a set number of years to pay off debts in exchange for eventual freedom
    indentured laborers
  • The principle that all people deserve equal treatment and rights
    egalitarian
  • Belief in the ideas of equal rights for all people
    egalitarian
  • This social class owned businesses and was neither poor nor noble
    bourgeoisie
  • Permission given by people to a government so they can work together
    consent
  • What is exploitation?
    Selfish or unfair using of people places or things for self-gain or advantage
  • What was the Enlightenment?
    18th-century philosophical movement that emphasized new ideas about reason and government other than monarchy
  • Privileged upper class with special rights and titles usually inherited
    nobility
  • A person who favors the traditional way of doing things opposes rapid changes and favors free enterprise
    conservative
  • Selfish or unfair using of people places or things for self-gain or advantage
    exploitation
  • What is liberal?
    Political and social idea that promotes individual rights freedoms democracy and free enterprise
  • What is egalitarian?
    Belief in the ideas of equal rights for all people
  • What is sovereignty?
    The power of self-government with independence and no outside control
  • When a nation can make its own decisions without outside control
    sovereignty
  • The middle class
    bourgeoisie
  • A competitive economic system where products and production are owned by people or private groups not the government
    capitalism
  • Country person considered unintelligent by social elites
    peasant
  • This system relies on supply and demand in the marketplace
    capitalism
  • What is consent?
    Permission given by people to a government so they can work together
  • What is a citizen?
    A person belonging to a political and geographic entity especially a nation
  • This 1700s movement promoted reason science and new forms of government
    Enlightenment
  • A political view supporting progress and individual freedoms
    liberal
  • These workers signed contracts to work for several years to pay off their passage to America
    indentured laborers
  • Someone who prefers traditional values and gradual change
    conservative
  • A poor farmer or rural worker often looked down upon by others
    peasant
  • A person belonging to a political and geographic entity especially a nation
    citizen
  • What is capitalism?
    A competitive economic system where products and production are owned by people or private groups not the government
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