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Meanwhile the National Assembly had been abolishing all titles of nobility; the vast estates of the clergy were confiscated.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various

Meanwhile, the states had been abolishing property tests, and universal male suffrage had been written into state constitutions.

From Our Changing Constitution by Pierson, Charles Wheeler