Belgium Revolution Research Paper Outline

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Belgium Revolution

1830-1832

8/8/2015

Abhilasha Pant

Outline
The Belgium Revolution authoritatively started on 24 August 1830 against King William I of the United State Of Netherlands, which included Holland Netherlands and Belgium, in light of the fact that, the ministry did not care for the obstruction of a ruler in the matters of the congregation. In any case, the fact of the matter is that it began in the Vienna Conference in 1814. The Belgian Revolution occurred between the months of August and September 1830. This rebellion was predominantly a progression of signs and toward the end there was and in addition arrangement of little fights around Belgium between the Belgians and the Dutch armed force. This contentions were known …show more content…

Plays and Opera’s were made about all this which had a great deal of impact on the mindset of people. Soon, the revolt began one fateful night after a group of people decided to stand p and fight after getting inspired by watching a play in the theatre. Many shops were burnt and there was rampant destruction in Brussels. People agreed that the King’s policies were good for the country and benefitted the people a lot, but he interfered in all clerical matters. Soon there was a full scale revolt, which was later suppressed by the King. But people again rose against him. Majority of people in Belgium (That time Northern Netherland) at that time were French and Catholic. Thus they did not like Dutch control.
The French population of Belgium called in for support from France, which they received. The French arrived in Majority and helped the people in the revolt. The King and the Dutch army was defeated and King Leopold I took over as the French Ruler of Belgium. It was thus declared as an independent state.
This independence too was followed by a lot of violence. The unhappy Dutchmen revolted again but were suppressed by the elites in Brussels. A lot of people were killed during King Leopold’s regime.
All this followed after the French Revolution which was inspired by Rousseau’s writings. The violence led to the beginning of a new era in the history of

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