What if the Dutch Revolt had gone differently?

The northern Low Countries fight free of Habsburg Spain over eighty years.

If it had gone differently: The Low Countries stay Spanish; there is no Dutch Republic to pioneer the joint-stock company, the free press and the central bank.

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Later turning points that leaned on the Dutch Revolt. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1618The Thirty Years' War. Without it, Central Europe is spared its worst depopulation; the Holy Roman patchwork holds together longer.
2. 1620The Dutch Golden Age. Without it, The century's workshop of new institutions and instruments never opens; those inventions arrive slower and elsewhere.
3. 1688The Glorious Revolution. Without it, The English crown keeps its arbitrary power over taxes and courts; property and lending stay risky.