Act of Abjuration
E11031
The Act of Abjuration was the 1581 declaration in which several Dutch provinces formally renounced their allegiance to King Philip II of Spain, effectively marking the birth of the independent Dutch Republic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Act of Abjuration canonical | 10 |
| 1581 (Act of Abjuration) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Act of Abjuration Context triple: [Eighty Years' War, keyEvent, Act of Abjuration]
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Pacification of Ghent
The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
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D.
Petition to the King
Petition to the King was a formal appeal sent by the First Continental Congress to King George III in 1774, seeking redress of colonial grievances and reconciliation with Britain on the eve of the American Revolution.
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E.
Treaty of Vereeniging
The Treaty of Vereeniging was the 1902 peace agreement that ended the Second Boer War by bringing the Boer republics under British control while promising limited self-government and reconstruction aid.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Act of Abjuration Target entity description: The Act of Abjuration was the 1581 declaration in which several Dutch provinces formally renounced their allegiance to King Philip II of Spain, effectively marking the birth of the independent Dutch Republic.
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A.
Pacification of Ghent
The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
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B.
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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C.
Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
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D.
Petition to the King
Petition to the King was a formal appeal sent by the First Continental Congress to King George III in 1774, seeking redress of colonial grievances and reconciliation with Britain on the eve of the American Revolution.
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E.
Treaty of Vereeniging
The Treaty of Vereeniging was the 1902 peace agreement that ended the Second Boer War by bringing the Boer republics under British control while promising limited self-government and reconstruction aid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
declaration of independence
ⓘ
historical document ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe
ⓘ
surface form:
Plakkaat van Verlatinge
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Flanders
ⓘ
surface form:
County of Flanders
Drenthe ⓘ Duchy of Brabant ⓘ Friesland ⓘ Gelre ⓘ Groningen ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
Holland
Overijssel ⓘ Utrecht ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ |
| archivedIn |
Nationaal Archief, The Hague
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch National Archives
|
| comparedTo |
American Declaration of Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Declaration of Independence
|
| country | Low Countries ⓘ |
| date | 1581-07-26 ⓘ |
| declaredIndependenceFrom |
Philip II of Spain
ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Crown
|
| followedBy |
offer of sovereignty to the Duke of Anjou
ⓘ
search for a new sovereign for the Netherlands ⓘ |
| genre | political manifesto ⓘ |
| governmentFormed |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
|
| hasLegalStatus | foundational act of Dutch independence ⓘ |
| hasPart |
formal renunciation clause
ⓘ
list of grievances ⓘ preamble ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
right to depose a tyrant
ⓘ
sovereignty of the people ⓘ |
| influenced | later declarations of independence ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | political contract theory ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalNature | formal renunciation of allegiance ⓘ |
| partOfConflict |
Eighty Years' War
ⓘ
surface form:
Eighty Years War
|
| place | The Hague ⓘ |
| predecessor | Union of Utrecht ⓘ |
| region | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
de facto independence of the northern Netherlands
ⓘ
foundation of the Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| signedByBody | States General of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| signedDuringReignOf | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| statedReason |
failure of the sovereign to protect his subjects
ⓘ
tyranny of Philip II ⓘ violation of traditional rights and privileges ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Dutch constitutional history ⓘ |
| titleInDutch | Plakkaat van Verlatinghe ⓘ |
| year | 1581 ⓘ |
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Subject: Act of Abjuration Description of subject: The Act of Abjuration was the 1581 declaration in which several Dutch provinces formally renounced their allegiance to King Philip II of Spain, effectively marking the birth of the independent Dutch Republic.
Referenced by (11)
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