 Complete the following phrase:  After the coming of age of the new stadtholder, the Duke retreated into the shadows, but a secret Acte van Consulentschap Act of Advisorship ensured his continued influence over the young and not very decisive Prince, whereas Bentinck lost influence. The Duke was very unpopular he was the target of assassination attempts, which eventually led to his removal on the insistence of the new manifestation of the States Party: the Patriots. The Prince now tried to govern alone, but as his competence fell short he only managed to hasten the fall of his regime. What had been gained by deft exploitation of mob violence in 1747, could be taken away by equally deft use of popular unrest in the early and middle 1780s. The mishandling of the 