Belgium and the Directory

relations between belgium and the directory were going to strained, very strained. The trouble began most especially over religion. In september 17 96, they abolished all monastic orders, seized their property and put it up for auction. They responded to belgian in transigens with a crack down on priests who refused to take the oath. So the whole region was now on edge. And wouldn't you know it, pretty soon the directory will make the belgians subject to conscription. And that, my friends, will provoke a full blown rebellion.