Context: Most of the Low Countries had come under the rule of the House of Burgundy and subsequently the House of Habsburg. In 1549 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V issued the Pragmatic Sanction, which further unified the Seventeen Provinces under his rule. Charles was succeeded by his son, King Philip II of Spain. In 1568 the Netherlands, led by William I of Orange, revolted against Philip II because of high taxes, persecution of Protestants by the government, and Philip's efforts to modernize and centralize the devolved-medieval government structures of the provinces. This was the start of the Eighty Years' War.

Question: The majority of the Low Countries were ruled by which houses?
Answer: the House of Burgundy and subsequently the House of Habsburg

Question: Who issued the Pragmatic Sanction?
Answer: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

Question: In what year did the Netherlands rise up against Philip II?
Answer: 1568

Question: Why did the people of the Netherlands rise up against Philip II?
Answer: high taxes, persecution of Protestants by the government, and Philip's efforts to modernize and centralize the devolved-medieval government structures of the provinces

Question: The low countries ruled most of what two houses?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did Charles V block in 1549?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What further fragment of the seventeen provinces?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did Philip II conquer the Netherlands?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What war ended with a revolt led by William I
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did the House of Burgundy issue the Pragmatic Sanction?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did modernizing the government structures do to the Low Countries status?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did the House of Burgundy revolt against Philip II?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Name two reasons why the Low Countries turned against Philip II?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What event started after the revolt let by King Philip II of Spain?
Answer: Unanswerable