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The Dutch Republic: A Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge about the Dutch Republic's government, era, and notable historical figures through this engaging quiz.

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1 What type of government does Dutch Republic have?

2 The public exercise of ________ was strictly forbidden.

3 What era did Dutch Republic belong to?

4 The republic was a ________ of seven provinces, which had their own governments and were very independent, and a number of so-called Generality Lands.

5 Where does Dutch Republic come from?

6 Johan de Witt and the Republicans did reign supreme for a time at the middle of the 17th century (the ________) until his overthrow and murder in 1672.

7 What is the native name for Dutch Republic?

8 What region does Dutch Republic belong to?

9 What is the legislature of Dutch Republic called?

10 They were Staats-Brabant (present North Brabant), Staats-Vlaanderen (present Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), Staats-Limburg (around ________) and Staats-Oppergelre (around Venlo, after 1715).

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Dutch palace Huis ter Nieuwburg (pictured) in Rijswijk was demolished in 1790 after years of neglect.
  • the Dutch Gift was a collection of 40 paintings and sculptures (example pictured), presented to King Charles II of England by the Dutch Republic in 1660.
  • the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Dutch Republic compelled the Dutch to fight against their French Protestant coreligionists at the Capture of Ré island in 1625.
  • when VOC forces led by Steven van der Hagen captured a Portuguese fort on Ambon in 1605, it was the first territory captured by the Dutch Republic in the East Indies.
  • the Dutch Republic successfully intervened in the Second Northern War, forcing the Swedish Empire to accept the Treaty of Elbing.
  • in the Capture of Ré island in 1625, English and Dutch warships were used controversially to quell a revolt of French Huguenot coreligionaries.
  • Etta Palm d'Aelders, whose salon in Paris was frequented by Jean-Paul Marat, François Chabot and other prominent political figures during the French Revolution, might have been an agent for the Dutch government.
  • HMS Braak was seized and brought into the Royal Navy when the former Dutch ship anchored in Falmouth, unaware that the Dutch had gone to war with Britain.
  • in 1704 Simón Susarte, a Spanish Gibraltarian goatherd, revealed a concealed path to the Spanish Army which led to the top of the Rock of Gibraltar, so they could surprise the Anglo-Dutch troops based there.
  • in the 1783 Peace of Paris, the Dutch Republic granted to Great Britain unobstructed navigation rights in the eastern seas.
  • Dutch baroque painter Jan Wyck spent most of his career in England, where he influenced the development of British military art.
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