Republicans (States Party)

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Republicans (States Party) were a political faction in the Dutch Republic that championed the sovereignty of the provincial States and opposed the monarchical tendencies and hereditary power of the House of Orange.

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Republicans (States Party) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political faction ⓘ
republican movement ⓘ
activeIn 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
associatedWith States of Holland ⓘ
regent oligarchy ⓘ
baseOfSupport merchant elites ⓘ
urban regents ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
favored civil government by provincial States ⓘ
governmentalLevel federal politics ⓘ
provincial politics ⓘ
historicalContext Dutch Golden Age politics ⓘ
First Stadtholderless Period ⓘ
Second Stadtholderless Period ⓘ
ideology republicanism ⓘ
inConflictWith Orangists ⓘ
influencedBy Dutch commercial interests ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
opposed House of Orange ⓘ
centralization of power in the House of Orange ⓘ
concentration of military command in the House of Orange ⓘ
hereditary stadtholderate ⓘ
monarchical tendencies ⓘ
politicalGoal limit power of the stadtholder ⓘ
preserve republican constitution of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
politicalPosition anti‑Orangist ⓘ
region Low Countries ⓘ
rejected hereditary monarchy ⓘ
supported States General authority over the stadtholder ⓘ
collective leadership by regent families ⓘ
provincial autonomy ⓘ
sovereignty of the provincial States ⓘ
viewedAs defenders of provincial sovereignty ⓘ
opponents of dynastic rule ⓘ

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Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic → opposedBy → Republicans (States Party) ⓘ