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	Batavian Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1795 to 1806, the Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek in Dutch) designated the Netherlands as a republic modelled after the French Republic, to which it was a vassal state.
		The Batavian Republic was proclaimed on January 19 1795, a day after stadtholder William V of Orange fled to England.
		The new Republic took its name from the Batavii, a Germanic tribe who had lived in the area of the Netherlands in Roman times and who were then romantically regarded as the ancestors of the Dutch nation.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batavian_Republic (588 words)

	Encyclopedia: Batavian Republic
		In a broad definition, a republic is a state whose political organization rests on the principle that the citizens or electorate constitute the ultimate root of legitimacy and sovereignty.
		The United Provinces of the Netherlands were reconstituted as the Batavian Republic in 1795 and remained under French occupation and tutelage.
		In 1801, Napoleon imposed a new constitution on the republic, which was financially drained by French requisitions, and in 1806 he transformed the Batavian Republic into the kingdom of Holland under the domain of his brother Louis Bonaparte.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Batavian-Republic (1851 words)

	Facts about topic: (Batavian Republic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Batavian Republic was proclaimed on January 19 1795, a day after stadtholder (additional info and facts about stadtholder) William V of Orange (additional info and facts about William V of Orange) fled to England (A division of the United Kingdom).
		The country had been a republic (A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch) for two centuries and had a limited nobility.
		The new Republic took its name from the Batavii (additional info and facts about Batavii), a tribe who lived in the Netherlands in Roman (An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire) times and who were regarded as the ancestors of the Dutch nation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Ba/Batavian_Republic.htm (403 words)

	Batavian Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The country had been a republic for two centuries and had a limited nobility.
		The Batavian Republic marked the transition to a more centralised and functional government, from a loose confederation of (at least nominally) independent provinces to a true unitary state.
		As a French vassal state, the Batavian Republic was an ally of France in its wars against Great Britain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batavian_Republic (588 words)

	Dutch Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden/Provinciën; also Dutch Republic or United Provinces in short) was a European republic between 1581 and 1795, which is now known as the Netherlands.
		The Republic was officially recognized in the Peace of Westphalia (1648), and lasted until French revolutionary forces invaded in 1795 and set up a new republic, called the Batavian Republic, which would be replaced by the French-controlled Kingdom of Holland.
		The republic was a confederation of seven provinces, which had their own governments and were very independent, and a number of so called Generality Lands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dutch_Republic (703 words)

	The Batavian Republic (1795-1806) (from The Netherlands) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Batavian Republic lasted 11 years, during which it proclaimed the sovereignty of the people but was in fact a protectorate of France.
		The republic consisted of the seven northern Netherlands provinces that won independence from Spain from 1568 to 1609, and it grew out of the Union of Utrecht (1579), which was designed to improve the...
		A republic was hastily proclaimed on Nov. 8, 1918,...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-35848 (937 words)

	Station Information - United Provinces
		The Republic was officially recognized in the Peace of Westphalia (1648), and lasted until French revolutionary forces invaded in 1795 and set up a new republic, called the Batavian Republic and later the Kingdom of Holland.
		The republic consisted of seven provinces, which had their own governments and were very independent, and a number of so called Generality Lands.
		The provinces of the republic were Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel, Friesland and Groningen.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/u/un/united_provinces.html (422 words)

	Batavian Republic - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The old Republic had been a very archaic and ineffective political construction, still largely based on old feudal institutions.
		The second occurred in 1801, when a French commander, backed by Napoleon, staged a conservative coup reversing changes made after the 1798 coup.
		This led to the loss of most of the Dutch colonial empire and a defeat of the Dutch fleet in the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Batavian_Republic (550 words)

	The Treaty of Amiens 1802
		And the government of the Batavian republic, Jean Schimmelpennick its ambassador extraordinary to the French republic, andc.
		his Catholic majesty and the Batavian republic, all the possessions and colonies which respectively belonged to them, and which have been either occupied or conquered by the British forces, during the course of the present war, with the exception of the island of Trinidad, and of the Dutch possessions on the island of Ceylon.
		The Batavian republic cedes and guarantees, in full property and sovereignty, to his Britannic majesty, all the possessions and establishments in the island of Ceylon, which previous to the war belonged to the republic of the united provinces, or to the Dutch East India company.
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/government/diplomatic/c_amiens.html (1867 words)

	Batavii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The areas inhabited by the Batavians were never occupied by the Romans, as the Batavians were allies.
		Later, Tacitus described the Batavians as the bravest of the tribes of the area, hardened in the German border wars, with cohorts under their own noble commanders tranferred to Britannia.
		After the 3rd century, however, the Batavians are no longer mentioned, and they are assumed to have merged with the neighbouring Frisian and Frankish people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batavii (591 words)

	Batavian Republic - Rijksmuseum
		In 1795 the invading French Revolutionary Army brought an end to the old Republic and in its place came the new Batavian Republic.
		The French were supported by the local Patriot party, who, modelling themselves on their celebrated ancestors, called themselves 'Batavians'.
		The new state - the Batavian Republic - subscribed to the ideals of the Revolution: its first act was the proclamation of the 'Rights of Man and of the Citizen'.
	www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_encyclopedia/00047460?lang=en (176 words)

	History of Holland - Chapter XXVII: The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806 (By George Edmundson)
		The Republic was henceforth to be a unified state governed by the Sovereign People; but the old provinces, though now named departments, were to retain large administrative rights and their separate financial quotas.
		He was determined to compel the Batavian Republic to comply strictly with the terms imposed by the treaty of 1795, and demanded more troops and more money.
		The Republic was required to provide for the quartering and support of 18,000 French troops and 16,000 Batavians under a French general.
	www.authorama.com /history-of-holland-29.html (4675 words)

	Footnotes to History- G to J
		Gagauz Republic- In August of 1990, Turkish-speaking Christians concentrated in southern Moldova, known as the Gagauz, seceded from Moldova and petitioned Moscow for recognition as a full SSR.
		On September 2, 1938, the Republic of Hatay was declared, and the Republic was annexed to Turkey on June 23, 1939.
		The controlling junta of Hawai'i established the Republic as a temporary measure in July of 1894, fully expecting annexation to be inevitable.
	www.buckyogi.com /footnotes/natgj.htm (5149 words)

	verlichtings04 Girl in Hyacinth Blue 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Batavian Republic: Existed between 1795 and 1806 and was essentially a French puppet state resulting from a Franco-Dutch Army fighting for the Patriot party defeating an English army that was trying to restore the House of Orange to influence in the Republic and end French influence there.
		Vijver: the pond abutting the Binnenhof in The Hague.
		Obviously, in the twilight of the Republic, a period when it was known as the Batavian Republic, this residence would have had less importance but was still a part of the social circuit.
	www.cameron.edu /~dougc/verlichts04GHB2.htm (1417 words)

	Batavian Republic -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		French République Batave, Dutch Bataafse Republiek, republic of the Netherlands, established after it was conquered by the French during the campaign of 1794–95.
		Of the two new countries, the Czech Republic was the larger, with a land area of 30,441 square miles (78,842 square kilometers), compared to Slovakia's 18,919...
		The capital of the Central African Republic is Bangui.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013717 (856 words)

	Batavian Republic (1795-1806) (the Netherlands)
		I have seen an illustration of the flag of the Batavian Republic (the former United Provinces of the Netherlands) which was the Dutch tricolour with a small white canton (to the depth of the red stripe only) bearing a charge of Liberty (represented by an identical classically-draped female figure) being defended by a lion.
		On 14 February 1796 it was ordered that the naval (but not the merchant) flags be altered by the insertion of a panel containing 'a representation of a female figure in a graceful attitude seated in a patch of greenery, and holding a spear on which is the Cap of Liberty...
		The Batavian device was abandoned after the Republic gave way to a monarchy in 1806.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nl-batav.html (536 words)

	Avalanche Press
		The Batavian Republic was allowed to survive as a French ally, but was saddled with a huge war indemnity, agreed to maintain its battle fleet and a field army of 25,000, and also had to pay for a 20,000-man French garrison (although these 20,000 men were rarely in the Netherlands).
		In the 1803, 1805 and 1809 scenarios the Batavian Republic begins the game as a French Minor Ally, comprising the area of Holland, which is no longer considered a French home area.
		The Batavian Republic may neither be “stolen” by another power (17.6), nor “stabbed in the back” by France (16.3).
	www.avalanchepress.com /BatavianVariant.php (1369 words)

	History of the Netherlands - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It was to be hung in the city hall of Amsterdam, as a display of heroism analogous to that of the recent Eighty Years' War, that had led to independence from Spain.
		As the Netherlands was a republic, it was largely governed by an aristocracy of city-merchants called the regents (regenten), rather than by a king.
		Since the conception of the Republic, there had been an ongoing struggle for power between the regents and the House of Orange, whose supporters, or Orangists, were mainly to be found among the common people.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/History_of_the_Netherlands (5051 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Batavian Republic, 1795-1806 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On May 16th 1795, the Batavian and French republics signed the TREATY OF DEN HAAG, according to which both states formed a defensive alliance; the Batavian Republic ceded Dutch Flanders, Maastricht and Venlo to France.
		The Batavian Republic was the attempt to continue the revolution abruptly ended by the invading Prussian forces in 1787.
		The population of the Batavian Republic rose from 1,880,000 in 1795 to 2,178,000 in 1806.
	www.stabi.hs-bremerhaven.de /gbs2/whkmla/region/lowcountries/batrep.html (735 words)

	The Avalon Project : Treaty of San Ildefonso : October 1, 1800
		Preliminary and Secret Treaty between the French Republic and His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, Concerning the Aggrandizement of His Royal Highness the Infant Duke of Parma in Italy and the Retrocession of Louisiana.
		The French Republic may, according to its convenience, postpone the taking of possession; when that is to be executed, the states directly or indirectly interested will agree upon such further conditions as their common interests and the interest of the respective inhabitants require.
		His Catholic Majesty undertakes to deliver to the French Republic in Spanish ports in Europe, one month after the execution of the provision with regard to the Duke of Parma, six ships of war in good condition built for seventy-four guns, armed and equipped and ready to receive French crews and supplies.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/ildefens.htm (356 words)

	French European Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Cisalpine Republic, capital Milan, created after Napoleon defeated the Austrians in northern Italy in 1796, combined Cispadane and Transpadane and existed from 1797 to 1802.
		After, it became the Republic of Italy, which lasted until 1805 and was them was converted into the kingdom of Italy, incorporating Venice, with Napoleon himself as king.
		The ancient bishopric of Valais was attached to the Helvetian Republic from 1798 to 1802, after which it was "independent" to 1810, when it was annexed by France.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /f/frenchEuropeanEmpire.html (450 words)

	Napoleon
		And as by the 15th article of the preliminaries it has been agreed on, "that plenipotentiaries should be named on the part of each government, who should repair to Amiens, and there proceed to arrange a definitive treaty, in concert with the allies of the contracting powers".
		The contracting parties shall give the greatest attention to maintain, betxeen themselves and their States, a perfect harmony, and without allowing on either side any kind of hostilities by sea or by land, to be to be commited for any cause or under any pretence whatsoever.
		The Batavian Republic cedes and guarantees, in full right and sovereignty, to his Britannic majesty, all the possessions and establishments in the island of Ceylon, which belonged before the war to the Republic of the United Provinces or to their East India Company.
	www.napoleon.org /en/reading_room/articles/files/amiens_treaty.asp (1969 words)

	Anonymization.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Treaty of Lunéville was signed on February 9, 1801 between the French Republic and the Holy Roman Empire by Joseph Bonaparte and Louis, Count Cobentzel, respectively.
		Contested boundaries in Italy were set and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany went to the French, with the duke compensated in Germany.
		The two parties agreed to respect the independence of the Batavian, Cisalpine, Helvetic and Ligurian republics.
	67.18.35.242 /-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Lun%E9ville (285 words)

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		The Dutch Republic originated in the opposition of the rational elements of human nature to sacerdotal dogmatism and persecution--in the courageous resistance of historical and chartered liberty to foreign despotism.
		Beyond the Batavians, upon the north, dwelt the great Frisian family, occupying the regions between the Rhine and Ems, The Zuyder Zee and the Dollart, both caused by the terrific inundations of the thirteenth century and not existing at this period, did not then interpose boundaries between kindred tribes.
		The Batavians murmured that their destruction was inevitable, that one nation could not arrest the slavery which was destined for the whole world.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/jm01v10.txt (10483 words)

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		The tribes that do stay are unknown amongst te rest of Europe: the Frisians, the Batavians, having come via the Rijn (Rhine river) from the plains of Teuton realms and even smaller groups, daring to live where noone stays: behind the dunes between the shallow patches of land and quicksand.
		These Batavians were Keltic and Germanic at the same time, already a prelude to the mixed culture Holland today is. They simply kept growing in number and improved their waterworks.
		As a direct result of powerstruggle within The Republic (Counts of Nassau and Princes of Orange vs. people like Oldenbarneveldt, Egmont and the brothers De Wit) all those countries saw a nice opportunity to start, and win, a war against this Republic of which all were jealous.
	www.floris.net /personal/columns/nederland.html (4502 words)

	Batavian Republic
		From 1795 to 1806, the BatavianRepublic (Bataafse Republiek in Dutch) designated the Netherlands as a republic modelled after the French Republic, to which it was a vassal state.
		The Batavian Republic marked the transition to a more centralised andfunctional government.
		The new Republic took its name from the Batavii, a tribe that lived in theNetherlands in Roman times and which was considered to be the ancestor ofthe Dutch nation.
	www.therfcc.org /batavian-republic-132859.html (284 words)

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