Why were the plebeian unhappy when the republic was first set up?

"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">In the early days of

the Roman Republic the patricians (the aristocracy) monopolised

political power by monopolising the seats of the senate, the

consulship (the office of the two annually elected heads of the

Republic) and the priesthoods. As a result of the 200-year conflict

of the Orders between patricians and plebeians (the commoners), the

rich plebeians obtained power-sharing and gained access to the

consulship and the senate. They also gained access to the offices

of state which were created as the Republic developed (the

censorship and the praetorship) and to some of the priesthoods.

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The grievances of the

poor plebeians were different from those of the rich ones. They

were economic. They were (originally) the abuse of defaulting

debtors by (rich) creditors, indebtedness and the interest rates of

loans; and the shortage of land for peasant farmers. Traditionally,

farmers were given plots of land which were just about enough for

feeding their families. The rest of the land was public land which

could be utilised for common use. However, the rich landlords

expanded their estates at the expense of the public land.

Therefore, the amount of land available to poor farmers became

insufficient and there were demands for redistributing land to the

poor.