What formed the core of the Habsburg Netherlands?
The Seventeen Provinces
The Thirteen Colonies
The Seven United Provinces
The Ten Cantons
Answer
The Seventeen Provinces formed the core of the Habsburg Netherlands which passed to the Spanish Habsburgs upon the abdication of Emperor Charles V in 1556.
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