TERRITORIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANISATION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY- EXAMPLE OF ALBA DE JOS COUNTY

DURING THE 19TH CENTURY, SEVERAL MAJOR EVENTS HAVE AFFECTED THE DAILY LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF TRANSYLVANIA. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE WAS THE REVOLUTION IN 1848 - 1849: BESIDES THE MILITARY CLASHES, IT PROVIDED THE ROMANIAN POPULATION LIVING HERE THE CHANCE OF SELF -GOVERNMENT. THIS “ROMANIAN LAND” STAGE TOOK PLACE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE "PASOPTIST REVOLUTIONARIES" FROM TRANSYLVANIA. ALL THE SUBSEQUENT EVENTS IN THIS REGION WERE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS ENTREPRISE OF THE TRANYLVANIAN ROMANIANS. THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19 TH CENTURY WAS CHARACTERIZED BY TERRITORIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTABILITY AIMED IN DISLOCATING AND DISCOURAGING THE SUCCESSFUL, RISING ROMANIAN ELEMENTS. BOTH AUSTRIAN AND HUNGARIAN AUTHORITIES ACTED IN THIS DIRECTION, THEREFROM THE NUMEROUS DECISIONS OF ORGANISATION -REORGANISATION CONCERNING TRANSYLVANIAN PRINCIPALITY. THIS WAS EVEN MORE OBVIOUS IN THE ALBA DE JOS COUNTY, WHERE THE ROMANIAN POPULATION REPRESENTED THE UNEQUIVOCAL MAJORITY.

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