United Provinces

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The United Provinces, better known as the Dutch Republic, was a powerful early modern European state centered in the Low Countries that became a leading commercial, maritime, and colonial power in the 17th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern European state
historical state
republic
alsoKnownAs Dutch Republic
Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
Republic of the Seven United Provinces
Republic of the United Netherlands
United Dutch Provinces
United Provinces of the Netherlands
capital The Hague
colonialPower global colonial empire
continent Europe
country Dutch Republic
currency Dutch guilder
deFactoCapital Amsterdam
dominantReligion Calvinism
economicStrength leading commercial power in 17th century Europe
endEvent Batavian Revolution
endTime 1795
era Dutch Golden Age
flag Prince's Flag
governmentType confederal republic
oligarchic republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Grand Pensionary
headOfStateTitle Stadtholder
includedSubdivision Friesland
Gelderland
Groningen
Holland
Overijssel
Utrecht NERFINISHED
Zeeland
legislature States General of the Netherlands
locatedIn Low Countries
majorPortCity Amsterdam
Middelburg NERFINISHED
Rotterdam
memberOf Quadruple Alliance (1718)
Triple Alliance (1668)
navalPower major maritime power
notableInstitution Dutch East India Company
Dutch West India Company
officialLanguage Dutch
partOf Low Countries
precededBy Habsburg Netherlands
Seventeen Provinces
recognizedByTreaty Peace of Westphalia
recognizedIndependenceFrom Spain
religion Dutch Reformed Church
replacedBy Batavian Republic
significantEvent Anglo-Dutch Wars
Eighty Years War
Franco-Dutch War
Glorious Revolution
Peace of Westphalia
startEvent Act of Abjuration
startTime 1581
successorState Kingdom of the Netherlands


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