People
This Dutch leader is also called William the Silent
William of Orange
The Beeldenstorm happens in this year.
1566
The Low Countries are on this sea.
The North Sea
The Dutch flood their own ______ at Leiden.
Farmland
The northern provinces become this independent state.
The Dutch Republic
This Spanish king demands Catholic uniformity.
Philip II
The Sea Beggars capture Brielle in this year.
1572
The Sea Beggars capture this town.
Brielle
Trade and credit fund this.
Endurance
Spain keeps this part of the Low Countries.
The south
This Spanish commander brings the Council of Troubles.
The Duke of Alba
The Leiden water-war slide takes place in this year.
1574
The Spanish Fury sacks this city.
Taxes, loans, and trade pay for these ships.
Fleets
This body and shared defense keep the Republic functioning.
The States General
This admiral leads the Dutch relief fleet to Leiden.
Louis de Boisot
The Union of Utrecht forms in this year.
1579
The Dutch flood farmland to save this city.
Leiden
This lets a small Republic stay in a war against a much larger monarchy.
Dutch public credit
This treaty recognizes the Dutch Republic as sovereign.
The Peace of Münster
Maurice of Nassau works with Johan van ______ after William dies.
Oldenbarnevelt
The Peace of Münster recognizes the Dutch Republic in this year.
1648
This city grows after refugees, capital, and skilled workers move north.Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Spain’s tercios are strongest on this kind of land.
Dry land
The Dutch Republic remains this at the end.
Independent