1.1 King William I

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1.2 King William I

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Goals
Why was the United Kingdom of the Netherlands founded in 1815, and why did Belgium secede in 1830?

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Slide 3 - Diapositive

Wenen
  • 1815: Congress of Vienna
  • Objectives:
  • 1. Balance of power in Europe
  • 2. Restoring the ‘legitimate’ order (restoration) 
  • 3. Keeping peace (restraining France):
  • - Founding Kingdom of the Netherlands with William I as monarch (1813)
  • - Prussia gains territories on the border of France

Slide 4 - Diapositive

William I

  • Netherlands becomes a constitutional monarchy: monarch bound by constitution:
  • - Second chamber  represents the people
  • -Second chamber  may make laws
  • - First chamber  may reject laws - king elects members
  • However, William may also make laws and ignore the Second chamber 
  • In practice, he has absolute power
  • Grand aim: unity in the Netherlands

Slide 5 - Diapositive

North and South
  • 200 years not together
  • South:
  • - economic: industry
  • - social: catholic & noble
  • - cultural: French
  • North:
  • - economic: craft & trade
  • - social: protestant & bourgeois
  • - cultural: Dutch

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William I
  • Economic:
  • - Creation of NHM mainly to benefit trading north
  • - high tax due to debts north
  • Political: equal power N & Z (but mainly themselves)
  • Religious: Collegium Philosophicum = southern priests new education
  • Language: Dutch more important

Slide 7 - Diapositive

Discontent grows
Famine and economic problems 
Opera The Mute of Portici --> revolt

'Holy love for the fatherland,
Give us courage and pride;
To my country I owe my life.
To me it will owe its freedom.'

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Revolt
Reaction North: Ten Day Campaign: military attempt to suppress rebellion
Loss of Belgian industry causes major economic problems in north
1830: Independence of Belgium
1839: official secession of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Noord
Zuid
Economic
Economic
Political
Political
Religion
Religion
Language
Language
Trade
Industrial
Citizens
Aristocratic
Protestant
Catholic
Dutch
French

Slide 10 - Question de remorquage

Why was the
United Kingdom of the Netherlands formed?

Slide 11 - Question ouverte

Why did Belgium secede in 1830?

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

Slide 13 - Vidéo

Slide 14 - Vidéo