▁that ▁held ▁the ▁status ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁five ▁years . ▁ ▁W ays ▁to ▁ac quire ▁citizens hip ▁ ▁By ▁descent ▁( J ew ish ▁children ▁could ▁not ▁ac quire ▁citizens hip ▁in ▁this ▁way ▁and ▁were ▁obliged ▁to ▁buy ▁it .) ▁By ▁purchase ▁By ▁Mar riage ▁( This ▁applied ▁only ▁to ▁women . ▁Women ▁lost ▁their ▁original ▁citizens hip ▁upon ▁marriage ▁and ▁gained ▁that ▁of ▁their ▁husband .) ▁By ▁G ift ▁( Us ually ▁granted ▁to ▁mer ch ants , ▁cler ics , ▁and ▁sk illed ▁craft s men .) ▁ ▁Tax ation ▁ ▁The ▁tax ation ▁methods ▁im posed ▁on ▁the ▁Low ▁Count ries ▁under ▁the ▁H abs burg s ▁were ▁mainly ▁target ed ▁at ▁providing ▁money ▁for ▁military ▁operations . ▁Under ▁Charles ▁V , ▁tax es ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁were ▁raised ▁five fold ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁his ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁French . ▁The ▁money ▁that ▁the ▁populations ▁of ▁the ▁Low ▁Count ries ▁paid ▁did ▁not ▁go ▁toward ▁for ging ▁a ▁national ▁state ▁which ▁could ▁un ite ▁them ▁under ▁one ▁national ity . ▁On ▁the ▁contrary ▁the ▁Low ▁Count ries ▁were ▁an ▁integrated , ▁prosper ous , ▁dens ely ▁populated , ▁and ▁developing ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁H abs burg ▁emp ire . ▁ ▁Religion ▁ ▁Religion ▁was ▁neither ▁a ▁un ifying ▁factor ▁of ▁Dutch ▁national ity , ▁nor ▁the ▁seed ▁of ▁the ▁separation ▁of ▁the ▁Low ▁Count ries ▁into ▁two ▁separate ▁entities . ▁While ▁both ▁Protest ants ▁and ▁C athol ics ▁came ▁together ▁in ▁their ▁opposition ▁to ▁Spanish ▁rule