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Dutch DBQ - College Paper

Dutch DBQ

In 1669, a pamphlet published in the province of Holland stated that ``We must take defensive fortifications on land as well as outfit warships at sea; but we must also try to end the heavy taxes'' (Doc. 5). This document shares the belief that foreign enemies are greatly troubling the security of the Netherlands, and that measures need to be taken in order to raise finances for the military. The Resolution of the Amsterdam City Council in 1671 stated that ``Not only the French monarch but other kings seem more and more to scheme how to ruin what remains of the trade and navigation of the Dutch Republic''(Doc. 7). Other nations are seeking to destroy and ruin a huge part of the Dutch ...

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to disintegrate after the death of William of Orange in 1702. Sir George Downing, an English ambassador wrote in a letter to the English government in 1664, that ``The government of the Dutch Republic is a shattered and divided thing'' (Doc. 4). This foreign opinion of course would prove to betrue and this shattering and dividing would contribute to the disunity of the Netherlands as a whole. There was much distrust also. The Dutch Republic, another government report in 1674, stated that ``Toward the end of 1671, the mutual distrust among the Dutch provinces hindered deliberations on how to oppose the violent attacks of Louis XIV''

Of course, because of this political distrust between the provinces, the Dutch Republic would steadily no longer be considered unified. The opinion of an Englishman resident stated that as a result of this disunity between the provinces, the number of menin each battalion decreased incredibly (Doc. 14). This evidently was due to the disunity and ...

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Added: 3/24/2013 03:27:04 PM
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Category: European History
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