> To see the religious issue more clearly btw: if England had indeed had a Catholic ruler, it would have been like the Spanish Netherlands...that is the fear that existed at the time.
I think you're overestimating the average US citizen's knowledge of this and how it relates historically and politically to the area. I say this as someone who just had to look up what the Spanish Netherlands was, because at first I thought you were just talking about a hypothetical, not an actual region that existed.
I think you're overestimating the average US citizen's knowledge of this and how it relates historically and politically to the area. I say this as someone who just had to look up what the Spanish Netherlands was, because at first I thought you were just talking about a hypothetical, not an actual region that existed.