League of Armed Neutrality (1780)

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The League of Armed Neutrality (1780) was a coalition of European maritime powers, led by Russia and including Sweden, formed during the American Revolutionary War to defend neutral shipping rights against British naval interference.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization
military alliance
treaty-based coalition
alsoKnownAs League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
surface form: First League of Armed Neutrality
appliesToJurisdiction European maritime powers
assertedRight freedom of navigation for neutrals in wartime
neutral right to carry non-contraband goods to belligerents
cause British naval blockade policies
seizure of neutral merchant ships by Britain
conflict Anglo-Russian tensions over maritime law
context American Revolutionary War
surface form: War of American Independence
diplomaticStatus neutral coalition
dissolved 1783
endedDuring Treaty of Paris (1783)
foundedBy Catherine II of Russia
surface form: Catherine the Great

Russian Empire
hasLanguage French
Russian
hasPolicy blockades must be effective to be recognized
free ships make free goods
neutral ships may trade with belligerents except in contraband
hasPurpose defense of neutral shipping rights
protection of neutral trade against British interference
historicalPeriod late 18th century
inception 1780
influenced development of international maritime law
leader Catherine II of Russia
legalForm treaty
locationOfFormation Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
surface form: Saint Petersburg
member Dutch Republic
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Holy Roman Empire
Denmark–Norway
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark–Norway

Kingdom of Portugal
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily)
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Russian Empire
opposedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
relatedTo Second League of Armed Neutrality
significantEvent American Revolutionary War
supported commercial interests of neutral European states
typeOfSanction armed neutrality

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King Gustav III of Sweden participantIn League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
subject surface form: Gustav III of Sweden
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War relatedTo League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
this entity surface form: League of Armed Neutrality
League of Armed Neutrality (1780) alsoKnownAs League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
this entity surface form: First League of Armed Neutrality
Second League of Armed Neutrality follows League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
this entity surface form: First League of Armed Neutrality
Second League of Armed Neutrality precededBy League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
this entity surface form: First League of Armed Neutrality