Was there Spanish influence on the Netherlands, since it was a colony of Spain?

Maybe. I mean, don't quote me on it, but yea, I'm pretty sure there was. I mean, It was a colony of Spain, right?

Around 15th century, the dukes of Burgundy had succesfully conquered (not only by force) all of the regions of the Netherlands. You couldn't really call the Netherlands a country. Just like Germany back then, it was divided by culture, standards like weight, different coins and writings, and own governments. Under Philip the Good, they were united under one nation. Philip did not take away the privileges of the regions (provinces) of the Netherlands away yet, but started a process of centralisation, trying to create a nation out of his lands. Later, through smart marriages, Spain gained control over the Netherlands, by Charles V. The Netherlands mainly were catholic back then. Calvinism hadn't spread there yet. But it slowly started to. Although they were fiercly oppressed, Calvinism gained control of the peasants in all of the regions. Philip II, successor of Charles V, oppressed the rebellion, as he called it, even harder. After the 80 years war, which was actually more of an uprising (war means nation vs nation, and the Netherlands were part of Spain, and had accepted Charles V as lord, so it was more like an uprising or civil war), the Netherlands went on with cityholders and no king, becoming THE republic (it was something unique in those days). As it had been a province of Spain, there still was a lot of Spanish influence. Like guitars :P.

Defenition of a colony:

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'In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state, distinct from the home territory of the sovereign.

Unlike a puppet state or satellite state, a colony has no independent international representation, and its top-level administration is under direct control of the metropolitan state. A colony also was used for exploitation, either by plantations or mines.'

It wasn't a colony. It was controlled by Spain, but the Netherlands was never a colony. It was a province.

There was religious conflict, because Spain was Catholic and the Netherlands were not.

I'm from there.

The first major thing is chatolicism, in the southern part 60% claims he is chatolic in the north it's less than 5 %. Chatolicism also brings Carnaval.