Declaration of Breda

(noun)

A proclamation by Charles II of England in which he promised a general pardon for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum for all those who recognized Charles as the lawful king; the retention by the current owners of property purchased during the same period; religious toleration; and the payment of pay arrears to members of the army, and that the army would be recommissioned into service under the crown. The first three pledges were all subject to amendment by acts of parliament.

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Examples of Declaration of Breda in the following topics:

  • Restoration of the Stuarts

    • On May 7, a Committee of Safety was formed on the authority of the Rump Parliament, displacing the Protector's Council of State, and was in turn replaced by a new Council of State on May 19.
    • Charles Fleetwood was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety and of the Council of State, and one of the seven commissioners for the army.
    • On October 26, a Committee of Safety was appointed, of which Fleetwood and Lambert were members.
    • On April 4, 1660, Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda, in which he made several promises in relation to the reclamation of the crown of England.
    • Charles II of England by Peter Lely, 1675, Collection of Euston Hall, Suffolk

  • The Conquest of New York

    • The Dutch colony of New Netherland was captured by the British and chartered by the Duke of York, who later became James II of England.
    • The capture was confirmed by the Treaty of Breda in July, 1667, in exchange for the Isle of Rum in the East Indies.
    • In 1665, the Province of New Jersey was created from a portion of New York, but the border was not finalized until 1765.
    • New York became a royal province in February of 1685 when its proprietor, the Duke of York, was crowned King James II of England.
    • This map shows the changing boundaries of the colony of New York from the 17th to 18th centuries.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    • The Declaration was ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
    • The Independence Day of the United States of America is celebrated on July 4, the day Congress approved the wording of the Declaration.
    • The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is usually regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
    • Although the wording of the Declaration was approved on July 4, the date of its signing was August 2.
    • Explain the major themes and ideas espoused by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence

  • The Dutch Empire

    • In 1602, the government of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands chartered the Dutch East India Company with the mission of exploring for a passage to the Indies and claiming any uncharted areas for the United Provinces.
    • This charter led to several significant expeditions, and eventually to the creation of the province of New Netherland.
    • Not all of the inhabitants of the province were ethnically Dutch; many came from a variety of other European countries.
    • This conflict ended with the Treaty of Breda in which the Dutch gave up their claim to New Netherland in exchange for Suriname, a fertile plantation colony in South America.
    • Peter Stuyvesant (c.1612 – August 1672), served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland.

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  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  • The Unilateral Declaration of Independence

  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man

    • The spirit of secular natural law rests at the foundations of the Declaration.
    • Freedom of speech and press were declared and arbitrary arrests outlawed.
    • The Declaration, together with the American Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, inspired in large part the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
    • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789  by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier.
    • Identify the main points in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

  • Political Strife and American Independence

    • That same day the Virginia Convention instructed its delegation in Philadelphia to propose a resolution that called for a declaration of independence, the formation of foreign alliances, and a confederation of the states.
    • The records of the Continental Congress confirm that the need for a declaration of independence was intimately linked with the demands of international relations.
    • Congress would formally adopt the resolution of independence, but only after creating three overlapping committees to draft the Declaration, a Model Treaty, and the Articles of Confederation.
    • Congress next turned its attention to a formal explanation of this decision, the United States Declaration of Independence, which was approved on July 4 and published soon thereafter.
    • Describe the steps taken by the Continental Congress after declaring independence from the British Empire

  • The Declaration of Independence

    • Declaration of Independence.
    • Opponents of Lee’s resolution argued that although reconciliation with Great Britain was unlikely, the timing was premature to declare independence and Congress ought to focus on securing foreign aid.
    • Proponents of Lee’s resolution, however, argued that foreign governments were unlikely to grant aid to a party to an internal British struggle, making a formal declaration of independence all the more urgent.
    • The text of the Declaration of Independence was drafted by a “Committee of Five” appointed by Congress, which consisted of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R.
    • The official title given to the document was “A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled”.