Cianci - Rowell Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The seven provinces that became the United Provinces of the Netherkands did what? | They emerged as a nation after revolting against Spain in 1572 |
During the 17th century, the Dutch engaged in a series of what with England? | Naval Wars |
IN 1672, the armies of who invaded the Netherlands? | Louis XIV |
Whi rallied the Dutch and eventually led the entire European coalition against France? | Prince William III of Orange and the hereditary chief executive of Holland |
William III ofOrange answered the invitation of what in 1688 to assume, along with his wife Mary, the English throne? | Protestant English aristocrats |
The Netherlands was formally a what? | Republic |
Who strongly distrusted monarchy and the ambitions of the House of Orange. | The Dutch |
When William of Orange died in 1702 and the wars with France ended in 1714, what did the Dutch do? | They reverted to their republican structures |
The Calvanist Reformation Church was the official church of the nation, but what? | It was not an established church |
THe country also became a haven for who? | Jews |
In the Netherlands, more people lived in what rather than in any other area of Europe? | Cities |
Who dominated the market for herring and supplied much of the continet's dried fish? | Dutch Fisherman |
The most advanced finacial system of the day suppoted all of this what? | Trade, Commerce and Manufacturing |
Duthc traders established a major presence in where, particularly in spice-producing areas of Java, the Moluccas, and Sri Lanka? | East Asia |
After the death of William III of Britain in 1702, the provinces prevented the emergence of another strong what? | Stadholder |
What slowly but steadily passed to the Britain? | Naval Supremacy |
The disunity of the provinces hastened the what and prevented action that might have halted it? | Economic Decline |
What saved the United PRovinces from becoming completely insignificant in European affairs? | Their continued financial dominance |
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