The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477–1806
Jonathan I. Israel — The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477–1806 (1995)Jonathan I. Israel · 1995 · BookEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0375 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Provinces) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“In the Dutch Republic sovereignty lay with the seven provinces, each with one vote in the States General; the States General could make treaties, war and peace, raise armies and fleets and assess provincial contributions, but such decisions required unanimity and the sanction of the provinces.”
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4The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age
Maarten Prak — The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age (2005)Maarten Prak · 2005 · BookThe Federalist No. 20: The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)
Alexander Hamilton,James Madison — The Federalist No. 20: The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union) (1787)Alexander Hamilton; James Madison · 1787 · Web page · paragraphs 1–2The Spirit of the Laws (book IX, chapters 1–3, on confederate republics)
Montesquieu — The Spirit of the Laws (book IX, chapters 1–3, on confederate republics) (1748)Montesquieu · 1748 · Book · book IX, ch. 3 (one voice per province)Evidence that contradicts
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