With the Abdication of Emperor Charles V, his son Philip II took over the overlord of the different counties and duchies colonies. There has been skirmishes in the State as a result of the unfair taxation system been administered on some of the counties in far away without any physical representatives to attend to their request if the need arises.
<em>Also, the introduction of the Netherlandish special Inquisition which led to the killing of over 1300 people as heretics further caused an unrest leading to riots.</em> Philip's continuous opposition against moderation in religion further engineered massive unrest leading to insurrection by the Calvinist group towards the monarchy. This led to the military intervention towards restoring peace.
