The Patriots (in Dutch: Patriotten) were a political faction in the Netherlands in the second half of the eighteenth century. They struggled for the removal of the corruptStadtholderregime , and its nepotistic way of governing. Discontented with the decline of the economy after the Dutch Golden Age, the middle and upper classes looked towards the AmericanDeclaration of Independence and the French Revolution, and started to reclaim their rights. Ultimately this culminated in the formation of paramilitary groups who sought to overthrow the government. After being defeated, by a Prussian intervention army in 1787, many of the patriots fled to France. In 1795, a few years after the French Revolution, they returned and founded with French help the Batavian Republic. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... A stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder meaning representative of state, a literal translation of the French lieutenant or the Latin locum tenans) was the person who ruled an area in the name of the land owner, in the Netherlands (which included present-day Belgium) from the 15th to the 18th century. ... Nepotism is the act of favoring ones family members in a situation where doing so is considered inappropriate. ... The Dutch Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. ... U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period in the history of France. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ... From 1795 to 1806, the Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek in Dutch) designated the Netherlands as a republic modelled after the French Republic, to which it was a vassal state. ...
Joan Derk baron van der Capellen tot den Poll (November 2, 1741–June 6, 1784) was a Dutch nobleman who played a prominent role in the formation of the Batavian Republic and the revolutionary events that preceded its formation. ...
It is, indeed, little else than a name where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests.
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