The Netherlands in the constellation of the eighteenth-century Western revolutions
2011; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/13507486.2011.555949
ISSN1469-8293
Autores Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
ResumoAbstract In the constellation of the eighteenth-century revolutions, the French events have always occupied a dominant position. Consequently the other European upheavals have been considered as being provoked or strongly influenced by France. Yet, the Dutch revolutions in the 1780s and 1790s provide some important nuances to this interpretation. Before the French took over the Bastille, there was already a Dutch revolution with devoted Patriots, speaking about rights of man and constitutions. The Patriots had to flee abroad in 1787. In 1795, thanks to the French Army, they were able to return to their drawing boards, eager to think anew their government and society. This paper investigates how they did it and whether the American and French precedents were so influential after all in the construction of the Batavian Republic. Keywords: Dutch RevolutionDutch PatriotsBatavian RepublicFrench RevolutionAmerican Revolutionconstitutionrepresentative democracyBill of Rightscodificationcivil codeNatural rightsprimary schoolsnational monumentsnational museumnational heroes Notes 1. Let me first thank the three referees and Wyger Velema for their useful suggestions and comments, and Peter Campbell and Michael Rowe for helping me with the English version. 2. The universal character of the French Revolution however derived more from its strategic position on the European continent and from its huge demography than from its principles that are no more universal than others. America too had a universal impact, as has been recently asserted by Armitage Armitage, David. 2007. The Declaration of Independence. A Global History, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], The Declaration of Independence. 3. Bailyn Bailyn, Bernard. 2003. To Begin the World Anew. 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