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why did the spanish fail in their repression of holland
did the northern and southern provinces of the netherlands agree against spanish repression
The northern provinces of the Low Countries adopted Calvinism whereas the southern provinces became wholly Catholic again due to the expulsion of Protestants and the efforts of the Counter-Reformation.
what was the result of the dutch revolt
An end to the Eighty Years' War was reached in 1648 with the Peace of Münster, when the Dutch Republic was definitively recognised as an independent country.

Question: why did the dutch revolt
Self-contained rewrite: why did the dutch revolt against spanish rule