Dutch Revolt-Philip II
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- Created on: 14-05-19 15:04
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- Dutch Revolt 1568
- Causes
- Felt Philip was using Neth. to impose tyrannical rule and reintroduce Cath.
- 14 new diocese made (bishoprics)
- Merchants worried about Inquisition ne.g. affecting trade
- Reliance on Spanish advisers meant Dutch nobles were alienated
- Nobles saw it as an attempt to increase royal authority
- 10% sales tax
- Failures
- Had to wait for Armada for troops
- Financial difficulties lead to the Spanish Fury and mutiny
- Alba= Brutal
- 1581- Act of Abjuration rejected Philips authority- Hugely impacted Spain's finance
- Success
- Only successful when there were distractions between 1580-85
- Maintained Southern States
- Events
- Duke of Alba sent in after Calvinists destroyed and damaged RC churches
- Sent 1000 to death afterwards creating Anti-Spanish sentiment
- Farnese- won Southern states back to Spain
- 1576- Sack of Antwerp and Spanish Fury
- Pacification of Ghent breaks and ends in split of Hapsburg Netherlands- led to commercial decline
- Duke of Alba sent in after Calvinists destroyed and damaged RC churches
- Causes
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