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The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
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The Dutch Republic, officially known as the Republic of the...
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In 1672 – known in Dutch history as the Rampjaar (Disaster Year) – the Dutch Republic was attacked by France, England and three German Bishoprics simultaneously, in what would become known as the Franco-Dutch War.
The Dutch Republic, officially known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, the Republic of the United Netherlands, or the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, was a republic in Europe. It was a confederacy of provinces that existed from 1581 to 1795.
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation of provinces that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was the first independent Dutch state.
- Overview
- National Government
- Government of Holland
- Government of The Other Provinces
- Government of The Cities and Towns
- First Stadtholderless Period and The Great Assembly
- Political Parties
- Influence
- See Also
- Further Reading/Bibliography
When several provinces and cities in rebellion against Philip II of Spain declared themselves independent in 1581 with the Act of Abjuration, they initially aspired to appoint another prince as head of state. The sovereignty of the provinces was first offered to Francis, Duke of Anjou, but his 1583 coup d'état was foiled and he was ousted. After th...
Republic or Republics
The Union of Utrecht was more a defensive treaty against Spain and Phillip II than an actual constitution in the modern sense. It was a defensive alliance between sovereign states. Each province remained the master in their own "house" and only ceded those powers to the States General that were necessary for the maintenance of the collective peace and security. After the Act of Abjuration, the sovereignty in each province reverted to the States (see below) of that province, so that each was a...
States-General
The States-General (Staten-Generaal in Dutch) or the Generality (Generaliteiten) for short was a descendant of the medieval Burgundian and Habsburg States-Generals. In medieval times and under the Habsburgs, they met infrequently to discuss matters of common interest and to vote taxes for the benefit of the Dukes of Burgundy and their Habsburg heirs.: vol 1 : 292 At first the States-General was thought of as an extraordinary body.: 67 After the abjuration of the king in 1581 and the separatio...
Treasury
Once the budget for the year was set (as might be expected a subject of much negotiation), the percentage to be paid into the treasury of the Generality was set by tradition. As the largest, most populous, and richest province, Holland paid 58.3% of the required budget. The ability to provide this proportion of the Generality's funds is what gave the States of Holland (and as will be seen below the city of Amsterdam and its ruling burghers) their preponderance in the government. Zeeland contr...
States of Holland
The province of Holland was governed from the earliest times by the States of Holland and West Friesland. This was an assembly of all the commons and nobles (though not clerics as in other countries) to the sovereign, the count of Holland.: 106 They also met in The Hague at the Binnenhof. The fact that their center of political power was also the de facto political center of the Republic gave them an advantage of the other provinces in addition to the 58.3% of the country's budget they paid....
Delegated Councillors and the Revolution of Government
Before 1572, the States of Holland, like the other provincial assemblies, were an occasional advisory body. They met when summoned by the ruler or their stadholder, almost exclusively to discuss taxes. Other topics including religion, military affairs, and foreign trade (unless related to the key Baltic and North Sea trade for Holland) were out of bounds. Between 1572 and 1576, William the Silent was at the center of decision making as stadholder. However, he consulted extensively with the St...
Delegation to the States-General
The States of Holland usually sent the following delegates to States General:: 113 1. 1 noble – perpetual 2. 2 out of the eight chief/original towns 3. 1 out of the towns of North Holland 4. 2 from the provincial delegated councillors 5. the Councillor Pensionary of Holland
The governments of the remaining provinces, except for Friesland, tended to follow the pattern of Holland with some local variations.
Just as the delegates to the States-General of the Generality could not make any decisions without consulting back with their principals at the States of the provinces, so the delegates to the states of the provinces could not make major decisions without consulting back with their principals in the various cities and towns. As noted above, this la...
The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650–72; Dutch: Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which the office of a Stadtholder was absent in five of the seven Dutch provinces (the provinces of Friesland and Groningen, however, retained their customary stadtholder from the cadet branch of the House o...
There was a periodic power struggle between the Orangists ("Oranjegezind"), who supported the stadtholders of the House of Orange-Nassau, and the States Party ("Staatengezind"), who supported the States-General and sought to replace the semi-hereditary nature of the stadtholdership with a true republican structure. It would be a mistake to think of...
The framers of the U.S. Constitution were influenced by the Constitution of the Republic of the United Provinces. They took from the Dutch Republic the idea of a "sovereign union of sovereign states". They also took from the Dutch example the need for political and administrative power to be exercised and interlocked at different levels: local, reg...
Ertl, Alan W. (2008). Toward an Understanding of Europe: A Political Economic Précis of Continental Integration. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59942-983-0.The Netherlands is one of the countries that started the European Union. People who live in the Netherlands are called "Dutch". The language of the Netherlands is also called Dutch. The official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam. However, the government is in The Hague.
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The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
