Why Did Louis XIV Start a War with the Netherlands

question 77

Multiple Choice

Why did Louis XIV start a war with the Netherlands in 1672?

• A) He wanted to conquer the territory.
• B) He wanted to enforce Catholicism.
• C) The Dutch threatened his colonial holdings in North America.
• D) He objected to their domination of trade and shipping in Europe.
• E) He was allied with Spain through marriage to his wife, which was at war with the Dutch Republic.

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