5.6 The Dutch Revolt

Question 1

What did Alva do when he arrived in the Low Countries?

Answer 1

He took power over Margaret and putr soldiers in the most rebellious places to keep the country in order

Question 2

Why was it difficult for William of Orange to fight Alva?

Answer 2

Because of the money: if he didn’t have enough money other cities would appose the ide

Question 3

How did the tide turn for William of Orange?

Answer 3

More people supported him and gave him noey for mercenaries

Question 4

What was the nature of warfare in the Low Countries?

Answer 4

There were large walls making it hard to get into as well as to beseige the city with soldiers

Question 5

When and how did the Northern Provinces break free from Spain?

Answer 5

In 1579, the 7 northern provinces of the Low Countries signed the Union of Utrecht. The States General of the Netherlands, the provinces who had signed the Union of Utrecht, created and signed the Act of Abjuration This meant that they declared independence from the king and from Spain.

Question 6

When did the dutch revolt start

Answer 6

1568

Question 7

when did they declare themselves the dutch republic

Answer 7

in 1588

Question 8

1567

Answer 8

Alva arrives in the Netherlands and sets up the Council of Troubles

Question 9

1568

Answer 9

• the counts of Horne and Egmont are executed by order of Alva
• Battle of Heiligerlee: the start of the Eighty-Year-War

Question 10

1572

Answer 10

Watergeuzen take Den Briel in the name of William of Orange.

Question 11

1574

Answer 11

Leiden is liberated by the Geuzen

Question 12

1579

Answer 12

Union of Utrecht

Question 13

1581

Answer 13

Act of Abjuration

Question 14

1584

Answer 14

William of Orange is murdered

Question 15

1588

Answer 15

the 7 northern provinces declare themselves the Dutch Republic.

Question 16

What was phillip’s mandate

Answer 16

• Arrest and punish everybody who took part in the Iconoclasm.
• Restore order in the Low Countries.

Question 17

What happened when Alva arrived

Answer 17

When Alva arrived he took over power from Margaret of Parma and put soldiers in the most rebellious towns to keep control. Alva also set up the Council of Troubles, a special tribunal to convict all the people involved in the Iconoclasm.

Question 18

What was the council of troubles

Answer 18

a special court that dealt with iconoclasts

Question 19

What happened to the nobles?

Answer 19

The Council of Troubles even killed any nobles that were Protestant or had signed the Petition, believing they were partly responsible

Most nobles and other Protestants, like William of Orange, were able to flee in time

Question 20

the war reason

Answer 20

• many people were not ready to betray their king.They believed a king was appointed by God, so he had a divine right to rule.
• most cities feared that Alva’s troops would act brutally if they openly resisted him.

Question 21

1st April 1572

Answer 21

The Geuzen were Protestants who also had fled from Alva’s Council of Troubles. Now they supported William of Orange in his rebellion. The most successful group of them operated at sea. That is why they were called Watergeuzen

Question 22

What was the nickname for the council of trouble

Answer 22

This council was soon nicknamed the Council of Blood, because it killed anyone, even if they were only slightly suspected of being part of the Iconoclasm.

Question 23

What conversation did willem of orange have

Answer 23

Their last words to him are said to have been: ‘Farewell count without land’, to which William answered: ‘Farewell counts without heads.’ William’s prediction would prove true, as in 1567 Egmont and Horne were brought before the Council. They were decapitated in 1568.

Question 24

propaganda

Answer 24

information that is spread on purpose to influence people about a certain idea

Question 25

Why was it impossible for the Spanish to maintain the siege of Leiden?

Answer 25

William had the dykes broken so the land around Leiden flooded. The Spanish army had to withdraw.