MMW 14 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Hereditary Monarchy, Gabelle Of Salt

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 14
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

They think the current constitution is fine and support an absolute, hereditary monarchy. The estates general should meet regularly, preferably once every 5 yrs. The three estates general are equal in power and have to vote independently so that the nation is represent. No taxes without the consent of the nation. Everyone has a right to their property. There needs to be a fixed constitution for france. Main tenets of the constitution should be personal safety and the security of property. People shouldn"t be exiled or held prisoner except when they are tried first. People cannot be held without being sentenced. Should be delivered before a judge within 24hrs of arrest. No one can be stripped of honors, titles, or lands without being tried and convicted for a crime. People need to be allowed to write and say whatever they feel even if it"s the fact that they disagree with the government.