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States General Plans Its Own Replacement
- When
- 1795 (fall)
- Where
- Batavian Republic
In fall 1795 the States General worked out a peaceful, constitutional procedure to replace itself with a National Assembly.
In the Fall of 1795 the States General started to work on a procedure to peacefully replace itself, "by constitutional means", with a National Assembly that would possess full executive, legislative and constituent powers. This self-authored transition plan prepared the ground for the first general elections of the Batavian Republic.
Sources
- Batavian Republic Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-19
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