Running Head: THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
The Dutch Repulic
Hieu Le
Columbia Southern University
The Dutch Republic
Regarding Spanish King Philip II, who imposed unfair laws in the Netherlands, he considered this country as business issues rather a political territory. Instead changing his legislations to prosper the Dutch, he even ordered the military to insult the protestants. As a result, many intensive conflicts occurred, led to the defeat of Spanish, and the Netherlands declared as independent country in 1648.
As the Dutch rewarded by their rich lands and ancient prosperity for many decades, they preferred to implement their own laws without interference by different country. Dispute with the unjustified laws …show more content…
As a result, Duke of Alba, a long time Spanish combatant, has killed more than 18,000 rebels and civilians. To protect the Dutch and fighting against the Spanish, the Prince of Orange, William the Silent has formed the Netherlands military. He named his troops as the Dutch Revolt, to fight the Spanish, helping the Calvinist refugees and surging across the Netherlands (Levack et al., 2011). Within a couple years, the Prince of Orange defeated the Spanish and claimed major territories including Holland and Zealand (Levack et al., 2011). However, the war was last almost for 30 years, which killed thousand people, billion dollars of valuable resourced were depleted. Fortunately, with a major financial support from England, the Dutch rebels continued to fight Spanish for their liberty and prosperity. After a long war with Spain, the Dutch finally claimed victory and declared their independence in 1648, and named their country as the Dutch Republic (Levack et al., 2011).
In conclusion, during the middle 16th to 17th century, Europeans experienced many adversities in their lives, the conflicts of religious beliefs caused major casualties, the wars have taken millions of people lives. The only bright side in this time was that the declaration for the independency of the Dutch Republic, and the other countries in this continent after 30 years of the
THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
The Dutch Repulic
Hieu Le
Columbia Southern University
The Dutch Republic
Regarding Spanish King Philip II, who imposed unfair laws in the Netherlands, he considered this country as business issues rather a political territory. Instead changing his legislations to prosper the Dutch, he even ordered the military to insult the protestants. As a result, many intensive conflicts occurred, led to the defeat of Spanish, and the Netherlands declared as independent country in 1648.
As the Dutch rewarded by their rich lands and ancient prosperity for many decades, they preferred to implement their own laws without interference by different country. Dispute with the unjustified laws …show more content…
As a result, Duke of Alba, a long time Spanish combatant, has killed more than 18,000 rebels and civilians. To protect the Dutch and fighting against the Spanish, the Prince of Orange, William the Silent has formed the Netherlands military. He named his troops as the Dutch Revolt, to fight the Spanish, helping the Calvinist refugees and surging across the Netherlands (Levack et al., 2011). Within a couple years, the Prince of Orange defeated the Spanish and claimed major territories including Holland and Zealand (Levack et al., 2011). However, the war was last almost for 30 years, which killed thousand people, billion dollars of valuable resourced were depleted. Fortunately, with a major financial support from England, the Dutch rebels continued to fight Spanish for their liberty and prosperity. After a long war with Spain, the Dutch finally claimed victory and declared their independence in 1648, and named their country as the Dutch Republic (Levack et al., 2011).
In conclusion, during the middle 16th to 17th century, Europeans experienced many adversities in their lives, the conflicts of religious beliefs caused major casualties, the wars have taken millions of people lives. The only bright side in this time was that the declaration for the independency of the Dutch Republic, and the other countries in this continent after 30 years of the