▁social ▁participation ▁of ▁all . ▁Similarly , ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁education ▁was ▁the ▁same ▁for ▁all , ▁and ▁this ▁allowed ▁for ▁a ▁social ▁bond . ▁The ▁difference ▁in ▁rights ▁that ▁the ▁upper ▁and ▁lower ▁classes ▁possessed ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁money ▁available ▁to ▁the ▁individual . ▁If ▁one ▁was ▁wealth y , ▁he ▁could ▁afford ▁higher - level ▁education . ▁However , ▁this ▁alone ▁did ▁not ▁ear n ▁him ▁any ▁political ▁privileges ▁or ▁extensive ▁political ▁rights ▁but ▁only ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁ear n ▁more ▁wealth . ▁ ▁The ▁whole ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Republic ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁choice ▁of ▁voting ▁for ▁the ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Country ▁in asm uch ▁as ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁choice ▁between ▁a ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁an ▁arist ocracy ▁but ▁rather ▁between ▁an ▁arist ocracy ▁and ▁a ▁mon archy . ▁The ▁stad th older ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Orange - N ass au . ▁ ▁Cit iz ens hip ▁rights ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁in ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Republic , ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁national ▁civil ▁law ▁which ▁un ited ▁the ▁whole ▁population . ▁ ▁Each ▁town ▁had ▁its ▁own ▁civil ▁law ▁st ip ulating ▁citiz en ▁rights ▁and ▁oblig ations , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁citizens hip ▁model ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Republic . ▁Cit iz ens hip ▁law ▁of ▁the ▁burg h ers ▁was ▁still ▁restricted ▁to ▁only ▁the ▁town ' s ▁population , ▁and ▁completely ▁ex cluded ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide . ▁▁ ▁The ▁rights