This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quiz, text slides and 2 videos.
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Slide
Slide 3 - Video
Answer the following questions, using the movieclip + paragraph 2.4 of your textbook.
What was the start of the Dutch Revolt?
What was the first success of the Dutch Revolt
What was the nature of the war in the Low Countries? Use the example of Leiden to explain.
How did the Low Countries break with Spain? Use in your answer: ‘ Union of Utrecht’ , ‘Act of Abjuration’ and ‘Dutch Republic’ (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
What was the consequence of the Act of Abjuration for William of Orange?
Slide 4 - Slide
Slide 5 - Slide
What made the tide turn for Willoiam of Orange?
Slide 6 - Open question
Slide 7 - Slide
Slide 8 - Video
Flooding the land
When the Spanish laid siege to Leiden in 1573, they nearly starved the city to the point of giving up. However, the Geuzen were able to get food inside in 1574, so the resistance would Last Long enough for William's men to arrive.
The Geuzen broke the siege by breaching the dikes and flooding the area. This has been a favourite military tactic of the Dutch for centuries. This tactic stopped Spanish advances and in cases like Leiden, it turned the city into an island, making it impossible for the Spanish land army to maintain the siege.
top: schoolposter from 1969 depicting the liberation of Leiden.
right: every year on the 3rd of October in Leiden people celebrate the liberation, which they call "Het Leids ontzet". On this day they eat herring and white bread, like in 1574.
