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from 1581, when part of the Netherlands separated from Spanish rule, until 1795
The Dutch Republic was a republic of Europe during what time?
Batavian Republic, the Kingdom of Holland, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and ultimately the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands
What republics did the Dutch Republic come before?
Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
The Low Countries were made up of which present day countries?
Flanders
Which counties in the Low Countries were not ruled by the Holy Roman Empire?
the House of Burgundy and subsequently the House of Habsburg
The majority of the Low Countries were ruled by which houses?
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
Who issued the Pragmatic Sanction?
1568
In what year did the Netherlands rise up against Philip II?
high taxes, persecution of Protestants by the government, and Philip's efforts to modernize and centralize the devolved-medieval government structures of the provinces
Why did the people of the Netherlands rise up against Philip II?
1579
In what year was the Union of Utrecht signed?
a number of the northern provinces of the Low Countries
Who signed the Union of Utrecht?
the Act of Abjuration
What was the declaration of independence of the provinces from Philip II called?
1581
In what year was the Act of Abjuration signed?
to support each other in their defence against the Spanish army
What was the purpose of the Union of Utrecht?
1582
In what year did the United Provinces invite Francis, Duke of Anjou to lead them?
1583
In what year did Francis, Duke of Anjou leave the Netherlands?
10 July 1584
When was William of Orange assassinated?
Elizabeth I
Who agreed to turn the United Provinces into a protectorate of England?
1588
In what year did the United Provinces become a confederacy?
a series of republican revolutions in 1783–1795
What events created the Batavian Republic?
France
The republican forces fled to which country?
the Batavian Republic
The Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland replaced which republic?
1813
In what year did the Netherlands gain independence from France?
"United Provinces of the Netherlands" and "United Netherlands"
What names were used in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814?
Austrian Netherlands, Luxembourg and Liège
The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed by which countries?
the Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Republic dominated world trade during what time?
The County of Holland
What was the wealthiest and most urbanized region in the world during the 17th century?
1602
When was the stock exchange founded in the Netherlands?
Rotterdam
Which city in the Netherlands has the oldest stock exchange?
six
The Dutch East-India Company inhabited how many cities?
Amsterdam
Which city did the Dutch East-India Company decide to reside in after a court decided they could legally only operate in one city?
1590–1712
The Dutch had one of the strongest and fastest navies in the world during what time?
Africa and the Pacific
The Dutch operated a slave trade from which locations?
breaking the Portuguese sphere of influence on the Indian Ocean and in the Orient
What was one of the conquests of the Dutch Navy?
seven
The Dutch Republic consisted of how many provinces?
the States General (Staten-Generaal in Dutch), the federal government
Who were the Generality Lands governed by?
representatives of each of the seven provinces
The States General was made up of what?
the County of Drenthe
What was the 8th province of the Dutch Republic?
this area was so poor it was exempt from paying federal taxes
Why was the County of Drenthe denied representation by the States General?
raadspensionaris
The main executive official of the Provincial States was called what?
the stadtholder
Who had more power during times of war than the raadspensionaris?
the stadtholder
Who commanded the army?
the states of each province
Who appointed the stadtholders?
the princes of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau, beginning with William the Silent
Who were always chosen as stadtholders of most of the provinces?
Zeeland and usually Utrecht
Which states had the same stadtholder as Holland?
Orangists
What group of people supported the stadtholders, particularly the princes of Orange?
Republicans
Who wanted to replace the stadtholders with a republican structure?
the Peace of Westphalia
Several border territories were designated to the United Provinces after what?
federally-governed Generality Lands (Generaliteitslanden)
The border territories assigned to the United Provinces were known as what?
Staats-Brabant (present North Brabant), Staats-Vlaanderen (present Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), Staats-Limburg (around Maastricht) and Staats-Oppergelre (around Venlo, after 1715)
What were the names of the border territories assigned to the United Provinces?
The States General of the United Provinces
Who was in control of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC)?
Holland and/or Zeeland
Some shipping expeditions were mostly initiated by which provinces?
The framers of the US Constitution
Who was influenced by the Constitution of the Republic of the United Provinces?
James Madison
Who described the Dutch confederacy as exhibiting "Imbecility in the government; discord among the provinces; foreign influence and indignities; a precarious existence in peace, and peculiar calamities from war."
the Act of Abjuration, essentially the declaration of independence of the United Provinces
The American Declaration of Independence is similar to what?
the Union of Utrecht of 20 January 1579
What granted Holland and Zeeland the right to accept only one religion?
personal religion
What did the Union state that every person should be free to choose?
William of Orange
Who was a strong supporter of freedom of religion and wanted to unite Protestants and Catholics in the new union?
Catholic services
What was forbidden in all provinces?
the Reformed Church
What did any person who wanted to hold public office need to conform to during the Republic?
the time period and regional or city leaders
The degree to which different religions were persecuted depended on what?
fined 200 guilders (a year's wage for a skilled tradesman) and banned from the city
What was the punishment for people who opened their homes to Catholic services during 17th-century Leiden?
personal freedom of religion
What was one reason for the large amounts of immigration of religious refugees from other parts of Europe?
predestination
What was the main subject of controversy that arose within the Reformed Church during the beginning of the Republic?
the struggle between Arminianism and Gomarism, or between Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants
The controversy surrounding the subject of predestination is known as what?
the Synod of Dort
What led to the banning of the Remonstrant faith in 1618?
in the 18th century
When did the active persecution of religious services become more of a restricted tolerance?
as long as their services took place secretly in private churches
Religious services for other religions were tolerated as long as they adhered to what rule?
Greek
What language does the word "symbiosis" come from?
lichens
What type of organism did Frank apply the term "symbiosis" to?
German
What nationality was Heinrich Anton de Bary?
130 years
How long did it take for scientists to stop using the narrow definition of symbiosis?
obligate
What is the type of symbiotic relationship where two organisms can't survive without each other?
facultative
What is the type of symbiotic relationship where the symbionts can live together but can also survive alone?
lichens
What is an example of an obligate relationship?
mistletoe
What is an example of ectosymbiosis?
disjunctive symbiosis
What is it called when the organisms are not physically joined?
endosymbiosis
What is it called when one symbiont lives within its partner?
insects
What do bacterial endosymbionts give necessary nutrition to?
Frankia
What is the name of a bacteria inside of tree roots?
algae
What endosymbionts live in coral?
barnacles
What organisms are described as living on the surface of whales?
lice
Name a parasitic ectosymbiont.
exosymbiosis
What is another name for ectosymbiosis?
interspecies reciprocal altruism
What is another term for mutualism?
lifelong
Of what duration are symbiotic relationships?
mutualistic
What type of relationship do herbivores have with the bacteria in their intestines?
Coral reefs
What do coral and algae produce together?
fix carbon from the air
How do plants contribute to terrestrial ecosystems?
mycorrhyzal
What type of fungus draws liquid and minerals out of the earth?
ocellaris clownfish
What lives with Ritteri sea anemones?
A special mucus
What prevents the clownfish from being stung?
mutual symbiosis
What type of relationship do the clownfish and anemone have?
the goby fish
What species does this shrimp have a relationship with?
its tail
What part of the fish is used to signal danger?
non-obligate
What type of symbiosis seen between bryozoans and hermit crabs?
the late 1980s
When were the worms found?
nutrition
What does the bacteria give the worm?
the Galapagos Islands
What land is near the worms' first known location?
nutrients
What is given to the host cell?
specialized cells
What does the host make that affect its genes?