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

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