United Provinces

             During most of the history of the United Provinces, allegiance and identity were based on provincial, civic, and sometimes also local rural sentiment rather than attachment to the Republic as a whole. In this respect, the loose federal structure, which evolved, was well suited to the disposition, and attitudes, of its population. In particular, politics frequently revolved around tension between the dominant province of Holland, and the rest of the provinces, which continually strove to protect their local interests and avoid being dominated.
             The United Provinces, also Known as the Dutch Republic, was composed of seven provinces---Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen, Overijsel and Gelderland-each with a separate government centered on the states of the province. Each province looked upon itself as sovereign and the Republic can be better regarded as an alliance of independent states than as a single political un The United Provinces, also Known as the Dutch Republic, was composed of seven provinces---Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen, Overijsel and Gelderland-each with a separate government centered on the states of the province. Each province looked upon itself as sovereign and the Republic can be better regarded as an alliance of independent states than as a single political unn of the federal budget, but no province could be compelled to pay for any policy of which it disapproved. Thus each province took a large degree of self- governing and there was no way of imposing even a major!
             ity decision on a dissident province. While patient negotiation could usually bring about agreement or compromise, it was exceedingly difficult except in the most critical of situations for the States General to reach a decision quickly.
             This survival of medieval particularism form of provincial separatism was fundamental to the political system of the Republic. This system has found many adverse critics, but it ...

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