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... vote was given to virtually all male adults : commoners age twenty - five or over and on the tax rolls ; nobles age twenty - five or over holding hereditary titles ; clergy without regard to age . Minors and women holding fiefs ( feudal ...
... vote was given to virtually all male adults : commoners age twenty - five or over and on the tax rolls ; nobles age twenty - five or over holding hereditary titles ; clergy without regard to age . Minors and women holding fiefs ( feudal ...
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... vote to save the king's life . The Jacobins , of course , hotly op- posed a referendum , and the Convention , surrounded by the emotion- charged crowds of Paris , voted against referring any decisions to the people . On 16-17 January ...
... vote to save the king's life . The Jacobins , of course , hotly op- posed a referendum , and the Convention , surrounded by the emotion- charged crowds of Paris , voted against referring any decisions to the people . On 16-17 January ...
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... vote on laws reported to it by the Tribunate . All legislation was framed by the First Consul's appointive council of state . All men over twenty - one could vote ( except felons , prisoners , and the insane ) , but chose no ...
... vote on laws reported to it by the Tribunate . All legislation was framed by the First Consul's appointive council of state . All men over twenty - one could vote ( except felons , prisoners , and the insane ) , but chose no ...
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