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 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 War of American Independence ⓘ
diplomaticStatus neutral coalition ⓘ
dissolved 1783 ⓘ
endedDuring Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
foundedBy 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 ⓘ
member Dutch Republic ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway

Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
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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Referenced by (8)

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Gustav III of Sweden → participantIn → League of Armed Neutrality (1780) ⓘ
subject linked to: King Gustav III of Sweden
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War → relatedTo → League of Armed Neutrality ⓘ
linked to: League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
League of Armed Neutrality (1780) → alsoKnownAs → First League of Armed Neutrality ⓘ
linked to: League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
Second League of Armed Neutrality → follows → First League of Armed Neutrality ⓘ
linked to: League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
Second League of Armed Neutrality → precededBy → First League of Armed Neutrality ⓘ
linked to: League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
European theatre of the American Revolutionary War → hasParticipant → Armed Neutrality of the North ⓘ
linked to: League of Armed Neutrality (1780)
European theatre of the American Revolutionary War → hasCause → League of Armed Neutrality (1780) ⓘ