Divine+Right+of+Kings

=__Divine Right of Kings__=

The Divine Right of Kings is a political and religious belief. It concerns the rights and the powers of the reigning monarch. The monarchs have the right to rule by the will of god, he or she does not have to listen tothe people or Parliament. The ruler can make a broad expanse of any rules and say "God put me here, my word goes." Monarchs do not have to answer to any one but God because he or she was God's chosen one. Another term for this belief is Absolute Monarchy.

=__Gabelle and Taille__=

Gabelle and Taille are two French forms of taxes. Taille was a tax on the amount of land a person owned. Gabelle was an unpopular tax on salt, people over the age of eight had to purchase a weekly amount of salt.