Editing Gabelle (section)

==French Revolution==
There are many reasons for the [[French Revolution]], but the unfair taxes and financial burden imposed upon the lower-classes and peasants was a main facet of the general population's discontent. Each year, by the end of the 18th century, about 3000 citizens (men, women, and children) were being imprisoned, sent to the galleys, or put to death for crimes against the ''gabelle''. All the while, religious persons, nobility, and high-ranking officials were often exempt from the ''gabelle'' or paid much lower taxes. In 1789, following the ascension of the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]], the ''gabelle'' was voted down and abolished throughout France. In 1790 the National Assembly decided that all persons imprisoned for breaking laws pertaining to the ''gabelle'' were to be freed from prison and that all charges and convictions were to be permanently dropped. This freedom would be short lived as [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] reinstated the ''gabelle'' in 1804, this time without major exemptions for regions such as Brittany. The ''gabelle'' stayed part of France's legislation until abolished in 1946.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Calvo Rebollar |first=Miguel |title=Una pizca de sal. Uso, obtención e historia de la sal en el mundo |last2=Calvo Sevillano |first2=Guiomar |publisher=Prames |year=2023 |isbn=978-84-8321-582-1 |location=Zaragoza, Spain |pages=248–290 |language=es |trans-title=A pinch of salt. Use, production and history of salt in the world.}}</ref>