7 sentences with 'abolished'
Example sentences and phrases with the word abolished and other words derived from it.
• « Richelieu's main objective was to improve tax collection. To this end, he abolished three of the six regional assemblies that traditionally had the right to approve tax changes. »
• « In October, in one fell swoop, the Assembly seized church lands and property, selling them at auction to finance the Revolutionary state itself. Finally, in the early 1790s, it abolished titles of nobility altogether, which was almost redundant since those titles no longer had legal privileges attached to them. »
• « However, in the case of blacks and mixed-race people in the French colonies, the Assembly at first showed little interest in extending any form of political rights. Several members of the Assembly argued that slavery should be abolished, but they were in the minority. »
• « With regard to the Indians, it was ordered that all forms of service or personal tribute, such as mita and yanaconazgo, be abolished. »
• « In December 1821, the two existing cabildos in the province were abolished: the one in the city of Buenos Aires and the one in the town of Luján. Their attributions and tasks were given to different officials. »
• « Internal customs shall be abolished; the future Congress shall legislate on navigation, commerce, railways, etcetera. »
• « In 1794, French revolutionaries abolished slavery in the French empire, and both Spain and England attacked Saint-Domingue in the hope of incorporating the colony into their own empires. »