The Kew Letters were written to undermine this state's control of its foreign possessions, and this polity helped win the Battle of Bergen versus an Anglo-Russian alliance.
The Kew Letters were written to undermine this state's control of its foreign possessions, and this polity helped win the Battle of Bergen versus an Anglo-Russian alliance. One of the "sister republics", it lost the Battle of Camperdown to the British, forcing a postponement of a French attempt to conquer Ireland. Its constitution was created by a radical faction led by the hilariously named Wybo Fijnje (finn-jee) and Anthonie Ockerse, and its head of state was known as a council pensionary. Created via the Treaty of the Hague after its territory was conquered by an army led by Charles Pichegru, its most notable head of state was Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck. Its name originated with a native tribe that provided river-swimming troops to the Roman Empire, and in 1806 this state was replaced by a kingdom headed by Louis Bonaparte. For 10 points, name this short-lived republic which replaced the United Netherlands in 1795 and comprised a puppet state of revolutionary France.
The Kew Letters were written to undermine this state's control of its foreign possessions, and this polity helped win the Battle of Bergen versus an Anglo-Russian alliance.
The {Batavian Republic} (prompt on {Holland} or the {Dutch Republic} until Wybo Fijnje)