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Estates

Class system in France before the French Revolution. There were three Estates, First Estate was Clergy, Second was Nobility, and Third was peasants, merchants, and townspeople.

Estates General

The legislative body of France. Composed of representatives from the three estates which are Clergy in the First Estate, Nobles in the Second Estate, and peasants in the Third Estate. Each Estate is entitled to one vote on legislative matters. The Estates General was never as strong as the British Parliament of the American Congress.

ethnic cleansing

The removal of people of a specific ethnic group by means of genocide, terror, or forced expulsion.

ethnic group

A group of people that shares distinctive cultural traits.

ethnocentric

A belief in the superiority of a certain ethnic group or race.

Euclid

(circa 300 BCE), Greek mathematician. Considered to be the father of modern geomertry.

European Community/European Union

Economic union between countries in Europe for mutual gain. Originally formed in 1951 as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), it later became the European Community in 1967, then the European Union in 1991.

evolution

The gradual change or development of something.

excommunicate

To exclude a Christian from receiving the Sacraments.

executive

Rrelating to a system that enforces laws.


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