| The Political Origins of the Romanian National Movement: Inochentie Micu-Klein | VII. A NEW REGIME AND AN ALTERED ETHNIC PATTERN (1711–1770) (Zsolt Trócsányi) | Tax Reform |
Contents
Around 1750, a significant shift occurred in Transylvania's political life. Previously, the Habsburg central government had concentrated on matters of taxation and the Counter-Reformation; now, it began to show a more active interest in Transylvanian affairs. The empire had been shorn of Silesia, and state debt had mushroomed as a consequence of the War of Austrian Succession; the imperial government thus felt compelled to develop and exploit the country's productive resources in a more systematic fashion. The initiatives taken did not depart fundamentally from the pattern in the preceding decades. Vienna still did not develop a comprehensive economic policy with regard to Transylvania, but it took a more systematic approach to the reform of fiscal and treasury policy.
| The Political Origins of the Romanian National Movement: Inochentie Micu-Klein | VII. A NEW REGIME AND AN ALTERED ETHNIC PATTERN (1711–1770) (Zsolt Trócsányi) | Tax Reform |