William III's Invasion Essay
The leader of the invasion would be William III. He had to prepare the invasion very carefully, because it was a profound event. Three point were very important, in order to succeed, according to William: help of the English, gathering a vast army in the United Provinces, the help of the Holy Roman empire. Firstly, the help of the English was very important, because the army of Charles would have been, without any help, too big. William had circa 16.000 soldiers, but Charles could easily put 25.000 against William’s army. Although the Dutch were better trained and equipped, it would have been impossible to defeat Charles. So, William needed the support of the nation and moreover the support of English army, that is decent amount of the army
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William had a lot of power in the United Provinces: he was the Stadtholder, but he needed the support of the regents. After some events in the favour of William, the opposition supported William. It was not that difficult to persuade the people for an invasion of England, because of some ‘help’ of France. The Edict of Nantes (1685) made the people angry against France, a religious motive and Louis started the tariff war, very striking for a trading nation like the United Provinces. Since James was a known enmemy of the United Provinces and an enemy of the Protestant faith, Charles was a dangerous person for the Untied Provinces. Completely, when James joins forces with Catholic France against the Protestant United Provinces. The opposition agreed with William to start a preventive war against England, to turn away the danger if succeeded. On paper, it would have looked like a war between England and the United Provinces, so William made sure that the invasion would be his private mission. It was very important that everyone knew it was his private mission, because no English men would follow William, if the war was between the nations. So he acted as the Prince of Orange and not as the Stadtholder, because with that title he would
His army for the invasion was huge: 48 warships, 250 cargo ships, 60 fisher ships and circa 35.000 men. Half of the 35.000 consisted of soldiers. To coordinate these vast amount of troop, you
William had a lot of power in the United Provinces: he was the Stadtholder, but he needed the support of the regents. After some events in the favour of William, the opposition supported William. It was not that difficult to persuade the people for an invasion of England, because of some ‘help’ of France. The Edict of Nantes (1685) made the people angry against France, a religious motive and Louis started the tariff war, very striking for a trading nation like the United Provinces. Since James was a known enmemy of the United Provinces and an enemy of the Protestant faith, Charles was a dangerous person for the Untied Provinces. Completely, when James joins forces with Catholic France against the Protestant United Provinces. The opposition agreed with William to start a preventive war against England, to turn away the danger if succeeded. On paper, it would have looked like a war between England and the United Provinces, so William made sure that the invasion would be his private mission. It was very important that everyone knew it was his private mission, because no English men would follow William, if the war was between the nations. So he acted as the Prince of Orange and not as the Stadtholder, because with that title he would
His army for the invasion was huge: 48 warships, 250 cargo ships, 60 fisher ships and circa 35.000 men. Half of the 35.000 consisted of soldiers. To coordinate these vast amount of troop, you