Attempts to enforce the "Tenth Penny" tax during it failed, and it saw the Sea Beggars take cities such as Brielle.
Attempts to enforce the "Tenth Penny" tax during it failed, and it saw the Sea Beggars take cities such as Brielle. Its beginning saw the "Beeldenstorm" occur, and the Union of Arras was formed two years before the passing of the Act of Abjuration. One side's early leader was assassinated by Balthasar Gerard. It was interrupted for a time by the Twelve Years' Truce, during which the Arminianism crisis was addressed by the Synod of Dort. It was during this war that the Duke of Alba ran the Council of Blood, and the war would not be resolved until the Treaty of Münster. Begun with the creation of the Union of Delft, for 10 points, name this war which originally pitted Philip II against William of Orange, in which the Netherlands won its independence.
Attempts to enforce the "Tenth Penny" tax during it failed, and it saw the Sea Beggars take cities such as Brielle.
{Dutch Revolt} [or {Revolt of the Low Countries}; or {Eighty Years' War}; accept equivalents involving {Dutch} or {Low Countries} and fighting; accept {Netherlands} plus an insinuation of fighting early]