Act of Abjuration

Target entity: Act of Abjuration
Context triple: [Eighty Years' War, keyEvent, Act of Abjuration]

• A. Pacification of Ghent
  The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
• B. Peace of Westphalia
  The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
• C. Treaty of Utrecht
  The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
• D. Petition to the King
  Petition to the King was a formal appeal sent by the First Continental Congress to King George III in 1774, seeking redress of colonial grievances and reconciliation with Britain on the eve of the American Revolution.
• E. Treaty of Vereeniging
  The Treaty of Vereeniging was the 1902 peace agreement that ended the Second Boer War by bringing the Boer republics under British control while promising limited self-government and reconstruction aid.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Act of Abjuration
Target entity description: The Act of Abjuration was the 1581 declaration in which several Dutch provinces formally renounced their allegiance to King Philip II of Spain, effectively marking the birth of the independent Dutch Republic.

• A. Pacification of Ghent
  The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
• B. Peace of Westphalia
  The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
• C. Treaty of Utrecht
  The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
• D. Petition to the King
  Petition to the King was a formal appeal sent by the First Continental Congress to King George III in 1774, seeking redress of colonial grievances and reconciliation with Britain on the eve of the American Revolution.
• E. Treaty of Vereeniging
  The Treaty of Vereeniging was the 1902 peace agreement that ended the Second Boer War by bringing the Boer republics under British control while promising limited self-government and reconstruction aid.
• F. None of above. chosen