...for in small annual installments. All ground rents were abolished without compensation to the owners. "The rich," said Marat, "have so long sucked out the...they are now visited with a crushing retribution." Some of the reforms of the Convention went to absurd lengths. In the popular passion for equality,...

...acres, on very reasonable terms. All farm rents were abolished without compensation to the landlords. "The rich," said Marat, "have so long sucked out the...they are now visited with a crushing retribution." The abolition of feudalism with its archaic system of privileges was the most important achievement...

...forbidden, and the Assembly began to control the grain trade. "The poor man alone," said Eobespierre, "is virtuous, wise, and fitted to govern." "The rich,"...they are now visited with a crushing retribution." The rich were distinctly held to belong to a conquered party, and charged with "hoping for protection...

...compensation was to be given to those who were deprived of their lands. The view of Marat was that "the rich n : Attempts were made to collect money by means of forced loans with a view to keeping down the cost of...