Quiz for Document 19.1: The Rights of Minorities (1789)

Question 19.1

1. Clermont-Tonnerre was one of the first deputies to make an explicit argument for the equal rights of Jews. His central argument is that

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Question 19.2

2. In one of the most striking passages in his speech, Clermont-Tonnerre says, “We must refuse everything to the Jews as a nation and accord everything to Jews as individuals.” Why does he draw a distinction between Jews as a nation and Jews as individuals?

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