https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv en-us 2023-06-06 09:50:13 UTC 2025-12-02 03:32:43 UTC hello@padlet.com 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615695400 The Spanish's attempt to find protestants, and kill them.]]> 2023-06-06 09:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615695400 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615695649 Dutch protestants rebel against spain, who control the netherlands at this point.]]> 2023-06-06 09:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615695649 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615696672 Philip II sent the Duke of Alba to put down the revolt. He was defeated. The Council of Troubles, (nicknamed the Council of Blood) was set up to enforce catholicism and obedience to Spain.]]> 2023-06-06 09:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615696672 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615697622 Dutch protestant refugees come over to England, as Elizabeth is symapthetic]]> 2023-06-06 09:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615697622 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615700635 Ships carrying gold loaned to Spain from genoa are raided, and the gold is taken by Elizabeth]]> 2023-06-06 09:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615700635 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615705035 Elizabeth offers a promise of marriage to the Duke of Alencon in the hopes that this would pressure Spain into giving the Netherlands their independence.]]> 2023-06-06 10:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615705035 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615705392 Spanish forces in the Netherlands revolt and violently rob the country.]]> 2023-06-06 10:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615705392 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615706131 The violence of the spanish fury united the netherlands, who drew up the pacification of ghent, a list of demands.]]> 2023-06-06 10:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615706131 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615708863 Don Juan arrives in the netherlands and agrees to the terms of the pacification of Ghent]]> 2023-06-06 10:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2615708863 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618323776 6 months after Don Juan arrives, Phillip II sends a new army to attack the netherlands. In response, Elizabeth hires John Casimir, a mercenary, to raise 6000 Dutch troops to fight the Spanish. This army however, ravages the Dutch catholic churches, and forces the Dutch catholics to side with Spain. The Duke of Alencon helps the Dutch while Elizabeth hesitates.]]> 2023-06-08 13:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618323776 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618331891 By 1579, the Duke of Parma is sent by the spanish to replace Don Juan. The Duke of Parma was a more effective military commander than Don Juan.]]> 2023-06-08 13:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618331891 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618334164 Elizabeth agrees to give him £70,000 in support for his campaign in the Netherlands. He fails to defeat the Spanish, and returns in 1583.]]> 2023-06-08 13:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618334164 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618336623 The Duke of Alencon died, and shortly afterwards, William of Orange, a Dutch protestant sympathiser was assassinated. this caused Elizabeth and her privy council to debate direct involvement.]]> 2023-06-08 13:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618336623 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618348286 The French catholic league signed the Treaty of Joinville, which allied Spain and France against protestantism.]]> 2023-06-08 14:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618348286 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618356740 Dutch protestants sent representatives to England, who offered Elizabeth sovereignty of the Netherlands. She refused, as she did not want direct involvement, but she did sign the treaty of Nonsuch, which effectively put England and Spain at war.]]> 2023-06-08 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618356740 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618364938 Elizabeth agreed to fund an army of 7,400 troops to work with the rebels. She chose the Earl of Leicester (Robert Dudley), however he was not given enough money or troops to launch a full scale attack on Spain.]]> 2023-06-08 14:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2618364938 19whitsa https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2621099339 After a few English captains defect to the Spanish side, the Dutch began to distrust the English, and Lord Dudley. In 1587, Dudley was called back to England and out of the Netherlands, due to a lack of supplies.]]> 2023-06-12 12:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/19whitsa/m5taifa9m9cigmdv/wish/2621099339