The wealthier villagers and urban citizens held rights to forests, common land and other municipal property which they did not want to share with the "new citizens", who were generally poor.
Rikkamad küla- ja linnakodanikud säilitasid õiguse metsadele, ühismaale ja muule munitsipaalvarale, mida nad ei tahtnud jagada "uute kodanikega", kes olid üldiselt vaesed.