Question
Answer the following about the rise and fall of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (“olden-BAR-nuh-velt”), for 10 points each.
[10e] Van Oldenbarnevelt helped broker the consolidation of this joint stock company in 1602. Chartered by the United Provinces, this company monopolized the Malukan spice trade.
ANSWER: Dutch East India Company [or United East India Company; accept Verenidge Oostindische Compagnie or VOC]
[10m] Van Oldenbarnevelt’s attempt at declaring independence for Holland was suppressed by Prince Maurice, a stadtholder from a branch of this house, whose other members included Maurice’s father William the Silent.
ANSWER: House of Orange-Nassau [or House of Oranje-Nassau; accept House of Nassau]
[10h] This lawyer was tried alongside van Oldenbarnevelt for expressing tolerance toward the Arminians. This author of the international law book Mare Liberum escaped Loevestein (“LOO-vuh-stain”) Castle while hidden in a book chest.
ANSWER: Hugo Grotius [or Huig de Groot or Hugo de Groot]
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Summary
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