Active Citizen/Passive Citizen · LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION (original) (raw)

Title

Active Citizen/Passive Citizen

Description

This cartoon mocks the distinction between active and passive citizens. Many revolutionaries hated this difference, essentially dividing those with property from those without. The propertied (active) were the only ones who could participate in the political process.

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/75/|Collection de Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe, 1770-1870. Vol. 22 (pièces 3719-3893), Ancien Régime et Révolution

Citation

None Identified, “Active Citizen/Passive Citizen,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed January 1, 2025, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/75.