Pacification of 1917

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacification of 1917 is an event in Dutch politics. In 1917 the constitution was changed by the extra-parliamentary cabinet led by Pieter Cort van der Linden in order to resolve the antithesis between religious and secular parties. It implemented both universal suffrage, proportional representation and equal funding for all schools both public (secular) and private (religious).