History

Giant's Graves

Early Frisian Islands

War Causes

• Religous Persecution
• Patriotism (they had been living under foreign rule for hundreds of years)

Popular Battles

• Siege of Leiden
• Victory on Ice

Outcome

• The Netherlands won he war and gained their independance.

Trade with most of the known world

Best economics system in the world

Had many explorers in the New World claiming islands for the Dutch

• Juan Maria Schuver
• Justus Carl Hasskarl

Many great scientists

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered "little creatures" now known as bacteria.
• Christiaan Huygens discovered Saturn's rings.