The Dutch

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The period of 19th century saw remarkable events in the world history. Various political revolutions took place during this period. As far as the Dutch empire is considered, the 19th century was the turning point in several ways. At the end of the 18th century, in 1975, the French invaded the Netherlands. In 1806, Napoleon declared his brother Louis as the king of the Netherlands (Schoffer, 1973). However, The Dutch kingdom gained its independence after the defeat of Napoleon in 1813 when William Prince became the sovereign of the Netherlands and declared himself as the King of the Dutch and the kingdom as the Dutch kingdom (Schoffer, 1973).
In 1815, King William I united Belgium and the Netherlands together as one country. However, Belgium and the Netherlands were too different to be united that the Belgians rebelled against the Dutch kingdom for their and William had to declare independence to Belgium. William I died in 1840 and in introduced his son William II as the heir of the Dutch kingdom (Schoffer, 1973). In1848, William II introduced a new liberal constitution to transform the Dutch empire into a parliamentary state. The Dutch kingdom had the States General that represented a general electorate, which was strictly limited to the enactment of payment of tax proposed by the government and to approve a long-term budget. After the death of William II in 1849, his son William III continued the transformation of the kingdom (Rowen, 2013).
After Belgium split from the Dutch kingdom and regained its independence, there were great religious differences in the Dutch kingdom. The differences arose between the Calvinists, the Catholics and the Protestant groups (Rowen, 2013). A group of Calvinists split from the Dutch Reformed Church...

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... kingdom; however, the main administration is carried out by a group of ministers headed by the Prime minister (Rowen, 2013).
The 19th century Dutch kingdom also has a major impact on the immigration process. The people have been migrating to countries such as UK and Germany (Rowen, 2013). The old wars between the Catholics, Protestants and the Jews in the kingdom have led to the introduction of new policies in the present era to maintain a religious tolerance between the groups. The wars have come to an end between the religious communities and the country operates with cooperation and peace between various communities (Rowen, 2013). The Dutch kingdom is one of the economically strongest countries of the world and strives to maintain its position by implementing the old orders with a new regime. Thus, the Dutch kingdom is a classic example of the modern kingdoms.

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