Status
After the Ausgleich of 1867, although Romanians formed the majority of Transylvania's population, they had not been awarded legal status as a nation.
The Memorandum itself was written by the leaders of the Romanian National Party of Transylvania and Banat (PNR) - among others, Ioan Raţiu, Gheorghe Pop de Băseşti, Eugen Brote, Aurel Popovici, and Vasile Lucaciu. It asked for political rights to be awarded to Romanians, as well as raising a debate on the Kingdom of Hungary's policies of intolerance towards Romanians.
Read more about this topic: Transylvanian Memorandum
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