These enterprises were devoted mostly to trade and to the establishment of trading posts. Their functions generally did not include governing. Subsequently, pressed by the necessity of maintaining peace among the native rulers, the Dutch began to govern the territories (now called Indonesia) in order to maintain trade. (3) 2.8 Internal Developments William the Silent had been succeeded in the position known as stadtholder and as military commander by his son Maurice, who in turn was followed by his brother Frederick Henry. These men governed in conjunction with the States-General, an assembly composed of representatives of each of the seven provinces but usually dominated by the largest and wealthiest province, Holland. The stadtholder's power varied, depending on his personal qualities of leadership, and the office eventually became hereditary in the house of Orange. (3)
aastas maha (200 lk) kuni valgustsajastuni (vähemalt) Hilisest 17ndast sajandist hakkab see muutuma: raha hakkab staatusi murendama. 1688-1756 finantsrevolutsioon Inglismaal: maksud, krediit, avalikud kulutused, tööjõud kui selline, palgaline püsiarmee - feodalismi hakkas asendama lepingusüsteem. The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland and II of Ireland) in 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians with an invading army led by the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange) who as a result ascended the English throne as William III of England. James's overthrow began modern English parliamentary democracy: never since has the monarch held absolute power With the passage of the Bill of Rights, it stamped out once and for all any possibility of a Catholic monarchy, and ended moves towards absolute monarchy in the British kingdoms by circumscribing the monarch's powers. These powers were greatly
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