Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
That's a rather modern point of view, it wasn't odd to the dutch to be governed by a spanish king, no such things as 'country's' at that time. The father of King Phillip II we had so much trouble with was actually born in what is now the Netherlands.
Just like the American colonists were loyal subjects of the British crown until the good old King George decided that he could mistreat and disrespect us.