Why did prince Maurice clash with Johan van Oldebarnevelt.
How did the war with Spain develop.
How did the republic became so wealthy.
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The power seemed to be spread equally among the Provincial States, right?
Wrong! There are some other major players in the Dutch Republic.
Read "money is power" and "grand pensionary..." on page 8 and 9 and give me the two important functions, and the name of those men.
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Grand pensionary, Johan van Oldebarnevelt.
Stadtholder, Maurice of Orange.
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Grand Pensionary:
The political advisor of the States General. Always a regent from Holland. He had the power to decide policies about taxes, foreign affairs and law.
Stadtholder:
Captain General of the army. They are all descendants of Willem of Orange.
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The Twelve Years'Truce
When the Republic and Spain agreed to stop fighting for 12 years.
Lets make peace, the war is too expensive
Lets keep on fighting, they're almost defeated
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Maurice convinced the States General to arrest Johan. Civil War was evaded, strict Calvinism became the official religion. But Johan lost his head.
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Did the republic crush Spain after the Twelve Years' Truce?
No, they did not. In 1621 the war continued. But Maurice died in 1625. His brother became stadtholder. He conquered some important cities.
Spain tried to restrict trade to the Republic (embargo), but the Republic just plundered Spanish ships in revenge.
In 1648 the Peace of Münster was signed. The Republic had peace, but also recieved the Spanish Netherlands.
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Homework check
Ch1.1 exercise 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 on page 6 and 7.
pay attention to each other.
do you have a different aswer? Just ask, sometimes there's more than one correct answer.
correct your answer.
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Go to work
10 minutes
Read page 9 and 10.
Do Ch1.1 exercise 5 to 9 in pairs or in a group of three. You can quietly discus with the person next to you
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Baltic trade
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In 1585 the Spanish conquered Antwerp.
Antwerp was one of the most important trade cities. After the Spanish came, most of the wealthy merchants left for Amsterdam.
The waterway were blocked and trade moved to Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam was an important city for the Baltic trade. After the losing the city of Antwerp to the Spanish Amsterdam grew even more, both in size and in importance.
Lesduur is: 60 min
