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| ______ grew up in a palace in Spain and was brought up to be a faithful Catholic. |
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| ______ grew up in Germany and was taught to be a good Protestant. |
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| The people of the Netherlands built ______ to keep the sea away from their land. |
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| The Netherlands is known as _______ today. |
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| What did William learn at the French royal court? |
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| how to speak French, how to plan battles, and how to be a good Catholic |
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| The people of the Netherlands spent much of their time fighting _________. |
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| Why was William unhappy with the way Phillip ruled the Netherlands? |
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| He did not ask the leaders if the laws he passed would be good for the people. |
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| What horrifying secret did William hear while visiting the French? |
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| Phillip was planning to massacre Protestants. |
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| What did the Duke of Alba do when he arrived in the Netherlands? |
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| He beheaded two leaders and then killed many Protestants. |
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| Why was Mary, Queen of Scots, sent to France when she was a young girl? |
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| Her mother was afraid the Protestants Lords would try to make her a Protestant. |
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| When Mary returned to Scotland, she married _______. |
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| Who ordered that Mary be killed? |
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| After years of fighting, the king of Spain assassinated ________. |
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| A descendant of ________ now rules as queen of the Netherlands. |
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| _______ planned to allow both Catholics and Protestants to worship freely. |
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| Mary, Queen of Scots, and __________ of England were cousins. |
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| Elizabeth held _______ prisoner for nineteen years. |
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| How did the country of the Netherlands get its name? Why were the Netherlands also known as the Low Countries? |
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| It got the name Netherlands because it was in the far reaches of Europe. The Netherlands got their name "Low Country" because they were below the level of the ocean. |
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