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- Batavian_Revolution abstract "The Batavian Revolution is a political, social and cultural turmoil at the end of the 18th century that marked the end of the Dutch Republic and saw the proclamation of the Batavian Republic. The period of Dutch history that followed the revolution is referred to as the "Batavian-French era" (1795–1813) even though the time spanned was only 20 years, of which three were under French occupation.By the end of the 18th century, the Netherlands found themselves in a deep economic crisis, caused by the devestating Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. Like in much of Europe, the people of the Netherlands grew increasingly discontent with the authoritarian regime of the stadtholder, William V. A division emerged between the Orangists, who supported the stadtholder, and the Patriots who, inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, desired a more democratic government and a more equal society. The Patriots founded militias ("exercitiegenootschappen") of armed civilians, which between 1783 and 1787 managed to take over several cities and regions. In 1785, stadtholder William V fled his palace in the west of the country for Nijmegen in the east, as the States of Holland were not willing to send their troops to fight the Patriots. Only after king Frederick William II of Prussia, William's brother-in-law, sent an army of 26,000 men to the Republic to repel the Patriot rebellion in 1787, the authority of the stadtholder was restored. Most Patriots went into exile in France, while Holland's own "Ancien Régime" strengthened its grip on Dutch government chiefly through the Orangist Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel.But the restoration was only temporary. Only two years later, the French Revolution began, which embraced many of the political ideas that the Patriots had espoused in their own revolt. The Patriots enthusiastically supported the Revolution, and when the French revolutionary armies started to spread that revolution, the Patriots joined in, hoping to liberate their own country from its authoritarian yoke. The Stadtholder joined the ill-fated First Coalition of countries in their attempt to subdue the suddenly anti-Austrian French First Republic. This war also proceeded disastrously for the Stadtholder's forces, and in the severe winter of 1794/95 a French army under general Charles Pichegru, with a Dutch contingent under general Herman Willem Daendels, crossed the great frozen rivers that traditionally protected the Netherlands from invasion. Aided by the fact that a substantial proportion of the Dutch population looked favourably upon the French incursion, and often considered it a liberation, the French were quickly able to break the resistance of the forces of the Stadtholder, and his Austrian and British allies. However, in many cities revolution broke out even before the French arrived and Revolutionary Committees took over the city governments, and (provisionally) the national government also.The Batavian Revolution ended with the proclemaition of the Batavian Republic in 1795. William was forced to flee to England, where he proclaimed that all Dutch colonies were to fall under British rule as they had declared war on the Batavian Republic. A number of these colonies, such as Sri Lanka and South Africa, never returned to Dutch rule. Several coups followed in 1798, 1801 and 1805 which brought different groups of Patriots to power. Though the French presented themselves as liberators, they behaved like conquerors. The Batavian Republic saw its end in 1806, when the Kingdom of Holland was founded, with Napoleon's brother, Louis Napoleon as King of Holland. In 1810, the area was annexed into the First French Empire, and only in 1813, the Netherlands regained their independence, with William's son, William Frederick, as sovereign prince.".
- Batavian_Revolution wikiPageID "5299008".
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- Batavian_Revolution subject Category:18th-century_revolutions.
- Batavian_Revolution subject Category:History_of_the_Batavian_Republic.
- Batavian_Revolution subject Category:History_of_the_Netherlands.
- Batavian_Revolution subject Category:The_Patriottentijd.
- Batavian_Revolution comment "The Batavian Revolution is a political, social and cultural turmoil at the end of the 18th century that marked the end of the Dutch Republic and saw the proclamation of the Batavian Republic.".
- Batavian_Revolution label "Bataafse Revolutie".
- Batavian_Revolution label "Batavian Revolution".
- Batavian_Revolution label "Prima rivoluzione batava".
- Batavian_Revolution label "Révolution batave".
- Batavian_Revolution label "Батавская революция".
- Batavian_Revolution sameAs Βαταβική_Επανάσταση.
- Batavian_Revolution sameAs Révolution_batave.
- Batavian_Revolution sameAs Prima_rivoluzione_batava.
- Batavian_Revolution sameAs Bataafse_Revolutie.
- Batavian_Revolution sameAs m.0dd8nm.
- Batavian_Revolution sameAs Q2603206.
- Batavian_Revolution sameAs Q2603206.
- Batavian_Revolution wasDerivedFrom Batavian_Revolution?oldid=595390416.
- Batavian_Revolution isPrimaryTopicOf Batavian_Revolution.