In the Late Seventeenth Century the United Provinces

In the late seventeenth century the United Provinces

A) succumbed to the absolutism of the Stadholder.
B) were overtaken by England in both finance and trade.
C) had one of the most powerful landed aristocracies in Europe.
D) was controlled by Antonius Heinsius.
E) was crippled by having to maintain both land and naval power, and had one of the most powerful landed aristocracies in Europe.