Packet 6: Tossup 7

A corporation from this country executed rivals in the Amboyna Massacre. (15[2])In this country, (-5[1])the De Witt (15[1])brothers were lynched and cannibalized (15[1])during the Rampjaar (15[3])(“ROMP-yar”). The Act of Abjuration declared (15[1])this modern-day country’s independence from Philip II, (15[1])whose control (15[1])over this country (15[1])was resisted (15[1])by the anti-Spanish (15[1])Sea Beggars. (-5[1])(*) Peter (10[1])Stuyvesant was a governor-general for this country’s colonial holdings, including what became New York City. (10[4])A stadtholder (10[1])from (10[1])this country was placed on the throne of England in the Glorious Revolution. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of William of Orange. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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