The Sea Beggars
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Excerpt from The Sea Beggars: Liberators of Holland From the Yoke of Spain The revolt of the Netherlands against Spain in 1568, changed the political aspect of the greater part of the world. It is because of this revolt, and the war of eighty years following, that the people of these United States are not a Spanish-speaking nation, but are, instead, an English-speaking one. If Philip II. of Spain, with his Spanish advisers at Madrid, and his governor-general in the Netherlands, had - in their dealings with the Netherland people - practised moderation and had exercised wise statesmanship, the Dutch would not have revolted. Possibly for one century and a quarter longer they would have remained loyal to the Spanish Hapsburgs, and have aided - or at least not opposed - the aims of Spain. One of those aims was the subjugation and colonization of the entire American hemisphere. At the outbreak of the eighty years´ war for Dutch independence, Spanish rule was firmly established far into the territory at present embraced within the boundaries of these United States. And, at the time mentioned, there did not exist a single European Power strong enough to have interposed effectively between mighty Spain and her ambitious aims. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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