Meaning & use
Gabelle
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A tax, especially the notorious French royal tax on salt levied before the French Revolution.
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Resentment over the gabelle fueled unrest among French peasants in the 18th century.
Historians cite the gabelle as one of the many grievances that led to the Revolution.
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The gabelle was famously unpopular because it forced households to buy a fixed minimum amount of taxed salt each year, regardless of need.
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