At the same time, the religious reform movement in the Netherlands was in full swing, but it was brutally suppressed by the Spanish rulers. 1566, because of what Spain did, it raised the hatred value of northern provinces, and then set off a bourgeois revolution against Spanish feudal rule in various provinces.
The revolution escalated in bloodshed. Seven years later, 1573, seven northern Dutch provinces declared their independence. Eight years later, with the cooperation of seven provinces of Qi Xin, 158 1 established the Netherlands. Among these seven provinces, the Netherlands has the strongest comprehensive strength, so it is also called the Netherlands and the United States.
Internal factors of the turbulent situation: at the beginning of the establishment, although these seven provinces were ostensibly affiliated to the Netherlands, some southern provinces still had very large Spanish forces, and later Belgium became the first region to leave the Netherlands.
External factors: the first French empire swept the European continent in the Napoleonic era, annexed the Netherlands, and made the northern Netherlands a kingdom.
Results: With the fall of the first French Empire in 18 14, the Netherlands and the northern and southern parts of the country appeared again for the second time, but after 16 years, Belgium left the Netherlands forever.
In its heyday, the most prosperous areas in Europe at the same time were mainly textiles, foreign trade, fisheries (mainly herring), sugar, tobacco and shipbuilding, which monopolized the trade between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.
In addition, the most talked about is the Dutch financial industry, the first modern bank in the history of the world-Amsterdam Bank, and the first stock exchange in the world-Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
At that time, the Netherlands created the myth of world trade, and even created the myth of the concept, mode and order of the linkage between world big capital and big business, such as creditor's rights, stocks, banks, credit, short selling, options and leverage.
Weakening and over-reliance on foreign trade, due to the highly developed trade in the Netherlands in the later period, the enthusiasm of Chinese people for the real economy has declined, and it is easy to be impetuous, and the economic foundation of the whole country is weak. The highly developed financial industry has no strong military support. The Netherlands has become the largest creditor country in the world. Everyone must have heard the saying that it is the uncle who borrows money. If you borrow money, you should have a good life. If you are not careful, this debt will become bad. Facts have proved that the Netherlands is not immune.
Abnormal economic sources, due to the development of the financial industry, led to the Dutch as long as the interest can live a master's life, which directly led to the Dutch are not very eager for the development of the real economy.