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=== Treatment of the Hödenoshieöné Confederacy ===
After the successful independence of New Netherland in 1796, the new government started to claim lands owned by the Iroquois. Before their independence, New Netherland was already allowed by the Iroquois to build settlements inside their land, in exchange for a quarterly land due. However, with New Netherland's independence, the Iroquois confederacy was wary if the new government would continue to pay their dues. A few years later, the new government claimed a vast portion of Iroquois land as part of New Netherland, but promised that they would still pay the dues that the government owes them. Despite the promise, some nations inside the confederacy (most notably the Seneca and the Cayuga) protested the claims, pointing the violation of their sovereignty. The Grand Council of the confederacy convened multiple times with the agenda of how to resolve the conflicting claims. The Cayuga and Seneca advocated that they move south, away from New Netherland, as a means to preserve their sovereignty, while the others voted to retain in their traditional homeland.
==Post-Independence (The Patroon Period, 19th Century)==
=== The New Patroon Government, under Marÿn van der Beeke, first stadtholder of New Netherland (1796-
[[File:MarynVanBeeke.jpeg|alt=|left|thumb|206x206px|Maryn van der Beeke, first stadtholder of New Netherland]]
The patroons had convened in the capital to decide a new form of government. They agreed on a new constitution: New Netherland was to be led by a ''stadtholder'', which was to be elected by a Patroon Council. The term of the stadtholder would end once he dies or his health is deteriorating to a point where he no longer can lead. The first stadtholder elected was [[Marÿn van der Beeke]], the famous New Netherlander general who had captured the city of New Amsterdam from the former colonial government. The council chose him for his popularity among the rural classes and his prestigious patroon status as the son of one of the largest patroons in New Netherland.
He officially took the office on September 17, 1796. His policies would be known for compromises between the rural agricultural workers and the patroons
His policies towards the Iroquois in the north were amicable. He reiterated multiple times during his rule that the New Netherland government would continue to pay land dues to the Iroquois for the settlements that they had built on native territory.
Van Beeke harbored strong anti-Orangist and anti-British views. He sought friendlier relations with the republican government in France and fostered a good relationship with the separatist circles in Virginia. During his rule, no bilateral diplomatic relations was opened with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.▼
In the 1820s, his health became a heated discussion among the Patroon Council when rumors circulated that van der Beeke had contracted syphilis from his numerous affairs with women, which according to his biggest political opponent and fellow patroon, Jacobus van Ackerhuys, was grounds for his impeachment from the stadholderateship (on the grounds of ''deteriorating health''). This attempt was dismissed by the Patroon Council due to lack of evidence. Van der Beeke dismissed the rumors as an attempt to destabilize the young republic.
[[File:HendrikVanAckerhuys.jpg|alt=|thumb|259x259px|Hendrick van Ackerhuys, second stadtholder]]▼
▲Van der Beeke harbored strong anti-Orangist and anti-British views. He sought friendlier relations with the republican government in France and fostered a good relationship with the separatist circles in Virginia. During his rule, no bilateral diplomatic relations
Van der Beeke died in 1811 at age 41.
=== Isaac Kuyter (1811-1822) ===
[[File:HendrikVanAckerhuys.jpg|alt=|thumb|259x259px|Isaac Kuyter, second stadtholder of NNL]]Isaac Kuyter was a patroon originally from New Anglia, with his roots tracing from the original English settlers of Nieuhaven in the 17th century. He gained notoriety in the Patroon Council as Van der Beeke's right-hand-man. Due to his affinity with the English patroons and supporters of Van der Beeke, Kuyter was able to win the stadtholderateship election. His reign saw the continuation of Van der Beeke's policies. Like Van der Beeke, he refused to recognize the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] and reiterated that New [[New Netherland]] was the only true Dutch Republic. However, unlike his predecessor, he was seeking friendly ties with Great Britain and turned away from the influence of New France. Conservative patroons grew distrustful of Kuyter in the process.
Kuyter's reign saw significant improvements in quality of life for [[New Netherland]], such as the enacting of the Postal Service Act of 1812, and the National Bank and Coinage Act of 1814. However, he was most notorious for the Northwestern Borders and Assimilation Act of 1816, which declared that land up to 82°W would be fully considered as New Netherland territory, and invited the Iroquians to be "part of the Republic as a full New Netherlander". The Act also stated that the government would stop paying the land dues to the Iroquois since it would be fully integrated to New Netherland. This was met with heavy criticism from Iroquoian leaders, who saw this a violation of their sovreignity, and caused the Seneca and Cayuga to migrate southwards and seek protectorateship status from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Kuyter unexpectedly died in 1822 inside his private manor at age 56, due to a dubious "falling accident," and was buried in his private manor in Nieuhaven. In recent years, many have called for the exhumation of Kuyter's remains to re-examine his death with the modern advancements in forensics, but attempts were blocked by the Kuyter family.
=== New Netherland under Hendrick van Ackerhuys (1830-1855) ===
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[[Hendrik van Ackerhuys]] styled himself as simply Hendrick and started his reign in 1830. In a complete reversal of his predecessor's policies, he sought to have normalized relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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