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The Free Royal Cities Act (full Polish title: ''Miasta Nasze Królewskie wolne w państwach Rzeczypospolitej''; English: "Our Free Royal Cities in the States of the Commonwealth", or the Law on the Cities, ''Prawo o miastach'') was an act adopted by the Four-Year Sejm (1788–92) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on April 18, 1791, in the run-up to the adoption of the Constitution of May 3, 1791. The Free Royal Cities Act was subsequently stipulated, in that Constitution's Article III, to be an integral part of the Constitution. The Act granted to the Commonwealth's townspeople personal security, the right to acquire landed property, and eligibility for military officers' commissions, public offices, and membership in the ''szlachta'' (nobility).〔(The Third of May Constitution )〕 The Act constituted a major element in the Constitution's advancement of democracy in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (which was converted by the Constitution into a unitary state, henceforth called the "Polish Republic" — "''Rzeczpospolita Polska''"). ==See also== *Black Procession *Jan Dekert 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Free Royal Cities Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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