Western Civilization II / Unit 2 WC2 0116 short lesson, about 20 seconds
William III, 1672: The Dutch War and a Stadholder Who Became a King
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The idea
In sixteen seventy-two France, with England, attacked the Republic; the Dutch War ran to sixteen seventy-eight, and William III became stadholder that year. He made himself Protestant Europe's champion against French absolutism, and in sixteen eighty-nine king of England.
In practice
One man, two states: the Republic's stadholder and Britain's king.
Where people slip
Witness-built, not the anchor's; the earlier regents appear only in the course's disclosure.
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