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The '''Amerikaens Free State''' (Amerikaans: ''Amerikaens Vrÿstaet''; Dutch: ''Amerikaanse Vrijstaat;'' Spanish: ''Estado Libre de América'') is a sovereign nation in the western portion of North America. It is bordered on the north by [[Tussenland]], west by the Pacific Ocean, and south by [[Mexico]]. It is the result of Dutch settlers migrating west from Tussenland and [[New Netherland]]. Before becoming an independent state, New Spain ruled over the area from 1830-1881 and became part of [[Mexico]] from 1881 until 1903. The majority of the population trace their roots back to the Dutch settlers in the 19th century.
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The Boers enjoyed partial self-rule during its time under New Spain. It was throughout these periods that the Dutch Boer Culture became heavily influenced by Hispanic elements. Under New Spain, Protestantism was not outlawed. However, to promote Catholicism, Spain built schools in the Amerikaner towns ran by Catholic missionaries to help spread the religion. In 1875, the Boer Regions fell under the fledgling Mexican Empire. It was during this time that the Boers experienced religious persecution (specifically during the periods between 1880 and 1890, until these restrictions were relaxed due to unrest). Eventually, private worship was allowed but the Catholic Church had been placed in special status under Mexican rule. More efforts were made by the Mexican empire to consolidate her power, such as removing certain guarantees and freedoms from the ''Voors.''
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Since the 1850s, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was still struggling to rise out of the ashes of the 2nd Dutch-Spanish War (1850-1855) and the Canton War (or the Third Anglo-Dutch War; 1850-1855) fought primarily in North America and in Asia. The wars caused a massive loss of Dutch territory and prestige. The Kingdom of the Netherlands was forced to cede the territories of Acansa and Mizoerie to the Spanish, give the Afro-Amerikaner revolutionaries in South Tussenland their independence, and pay monetary concessions to Britain and Spain. As a result, Tussenland became landlocked and economic ruin devastated the colony. Rampant political unrest led to the Tussenland Revolts of 1859-1861, which transformed Tussenland into a federation of four autonomous states. By the 1870s, the Dutch economy started to recover. In the next thirty years, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was gradually able to rebuild itself, modernize its military and navy, and restore its economy. When the Mexican Empire declared independence in 1881, the Netherlands sought to exploit the fragile nature of the new state and eventually reclaim territory and prestige lost half a decade ago.
When the Mexico started centralizing their empire and reducing the autonomy of the Amerikaners in the Boer provinces, the Kingdom of the Netherlands used this as one of the pretexts for war: to liberate their kin on the west. The war resulted in a Dutch victory. After the war, the Kingdom of the Netherlands wanted to annex the Boer regions to the Federation of Tussenland (then a Dutch colony). The southern three provinces (New Orange, Goudlandt, and Voorland) outright rejected this proposal, and chose to stay within the Mexican empire, as the inhabitants of the region identified closer to Mexico than the Netherlands (highly Catholicized Amerikaner population).
The Northern Boers identified more with the Dutch than the Mexicans and were invited to join the Federation of Tussenland as two new provinces. They rejected the offer, citing cultural differences as a result of 75 years of Hispanic influence. There was also opposition within Tussenland against their entry. The provinces of Irokesenland and Westerzee feared that two new Amerikaner-dominated provinces would upset the political balance and threaten Tussenland’s cosmopolitan nature. As a compromise, borders were redrawn and the independent Amerikaens Free State was created. {{Nations of the World}}
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