How and why did the Spanish suppress the Netherlands?

<h3>How and why did the Spanish suppress the Netherlands?</h3>

How and why did the Spanish suppress the Netherlands?
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and what was the Spanish Fury?


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<p><i>Answer by Roderick F</i><br/> Spain wished to surpress the Netherlands because of the large number of Protestants living there. He sent an inquisition to sort them out. After a period of time, William of Orange and other Dutch rebelled against Spanish rule (Spain and the Netherlands were owned by the Habspurg dynasty)

Spanish fury is a term to describe what happened in Antwerp during the Dutch War for Independance (which lasted 80 years). The Spanish brutally ravaged Antwerp after a lenghty siege. they called tht destruction Spanish Fury</p>
<p><strong>OAS Policy Round Table on the Netherlands and Security in the Caribbean</strong>
<img alt="Netherlands" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6112/6240765869_cebefbd5ae.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
<i>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52539720@N07/6240765869">OEA - OAS</a></i>
From left to right:
Paul Spencer, Advisor to the OAS Secretary General
Jorge Sanin/OAS
Colonel Jos Coumans (RNLMC), Naval Attaché and Assistant Defense Attaché for the Netherlands in the United States
Guy Thibault, General, Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)

Date: October 13, 2011
Place: Washington, DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS</p>

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