PASAPALABRAVersión en línea Contemporary History vocabulary por Almudena Corrales Marbán A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Starts with A political regime in which the kings have all the power Contains B military commander who took power in France in 1799 Starts with C attempt to take control of a country by force Contains D Moment in which Napoleon ably took advantage of the disagreements with the Spanish royal family and got them to abdicate Starts with E form of government in which the king works to bring hapiness to his subjects by introducing reforms in economy, agriculture, education or sanitation Starts with F privileges possessed by the nobility and clergy, such as exemption from certain taxes Contains G meeting of representatives of the three estates in France. Starts with H A company whose primary business is owning a controlling share of stock in other companies Contains I instrument used to execute people; introduced in 1792, strongly associated with the French Revolution Contains J military conflict, between 1904 and 1905, in which a victorious Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in the Far East Starts with K collective land owned and farmed by agricultural cooperatives Contains L a series of economic and social programmes, enacted by Franklin D. Roosvelt Starts with M Prime minister of Charles IV who had the royal power in his hands Contains N new era began with Stalin, Lenin's successor, in which a totalitarian political system Starts with O Chancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871 Starts with P working class people without property, who lived by working for wages Contains Q People with economic and social power in the region who pressured voters Contains R period of prosperity between 1924 and 1929 Starts with S machine that uses the expansion of steam to generate power Starts with T methods of labor management introduced by Fredrick Taylor Contains U pushed by English landowners in 1845, the government ordered building fences for secure land which had previously been open and farmed by everybody Contains V Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Contains W Civil war in the 19th century which pitted the absolutists who defended Carlos against the liberals Contains X Chinese revolutionaries who were against the domination of foreign countries Contains Y February 1945, the big three again agreed that Europe would be political rebuild with democratic governments Contains Z German term for lightning war