Eighty+Year's+War

=Eighty Year's War= The Eighty Year's War began as a revolt that the Imperial States of the Netherlands had against Philip II of Spain, who was the ruler of the Netherlands at the time. The Eighty Year's War took place from 1568-1648, which is 80 years.The cause of the war was political and religious hegemony. That means the ruler believed in something and made everyone he rules over believe in it too, by law. So the ruler, Philip II of Spain, believed in certain political and religious beliefs and made everyone by law believe in it too. This caused tension and eventually a war.

As the war started, Philip II deployed his armies and regained control over most of the rebelling states. But the northern states continued their resistance and managed to win a battle against their enemy's army. This caused the creation of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Since the republication, most of the republic was no longer threatened. This truce lasted twelve years. Then in 1619 more revolts and battles broke out. It is believed that war broke out again to coincide with the thirty years war. Finally in 1648, a treaty was made and the Dutch Republic was recognized as an independent county.

Since the Dutch Republic was now an independent country, it was definitely different. The Dutch never regained all of their land that they had before the war. But even more important was the political situation. Soon the republic entered a crisis. The north and south wanted to be separated and bordered off, eventually there was a split. But now that the war was over, the new republic had restored it's peace.