Many of the people who supported these ideas relied on the fact that later when they voted those people who got their voting rights because of the aristocracy would support them and they would gain political power because of new voters. This was a common strategy and is still used widely today because new voters can easily be influenced.
Allowed to practice their own faiths, but forced to play additional taxes
Your friend must evaluate what type of source he/she is using (primary or secondary) if it is a quote from an eyewitness then it is primary, newspapers and the news is secondary
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