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Dutch States-General

Type Object Region Netherlands Time 1581–1795

The Staten-Generaal was the supreme representative body of the Dutch Republic after the 1581 Act of Abjuration, composed of delegates from the seven …

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  1. 1581The Hague · NetherlandsIn 1581 the seven provinces issued the Act of Abjuration, renouncing allegiance to King Philip II of Spain; the States-General, as the supreme assembly of the provincial estates, became the legislative and decision-making hub of the new Republic.
  2. 1588–1600Dutch Republic · NetherlandsFrom the late 1580s to 1600, the States-General approved taxation, raised armies, and formed diplomatic alliances in the ongoing war against Spain, dividing responsibilities with the stadtholders of the House of Orange to sustain the Republic's survival and expansion.
  3. c. 1590–1600The Hague · NetherlandsBy the 1590s the States-General's regular convocation mechanism had stabilized, with fixed conventions for one vote per province and seats for city delegates, providing an institutional framework for the diplomacy and colonial expansion of the Dutch Golden Age in the seventeenth century.

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