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# A common anti-Dutch sentiment after Dutch ships began raiding NNL merchant ships during their blockade of the Atlantic (following Tussenland's independence).
==== The Quasi-War against the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1906-1908) ====
Back in 1905, New Netherland supported [[Tussenland|the Federation of Tussenland]] in their independence against the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Dutch conducted a blockade of the Gulf of Mexico to prevent Tussenlander ships from entering or exiting the Atlantic. However, goods and resources could still be shipped to Tussenland due to their Pacific ports and through New Netherland. Naturally, in September 1905, this blockade eventually extended to the seas of New Netherland. At first, NNL ships could pass through with ease through the blockade, as the Dutch only targeted Tussenlander ships. However, this changed when on February 1, 1906, the Dutch warship ''Amsterdam'' sunk the ''JHS Restaurasie'', a merchant ship owned by the Jonkman Shipping Company based in New Netherland. New Netherland issued a diplomatic protest against the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but both sides took no further diplomatic action.
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==== The aftermath of the Quasi-War to NNL Politics, and the fracturing of the Unity Party ====
During the Quasi-War (1906-1908), the NNL Unity Party's popularity was high. However, after tensions cooled down, the party's constituents started to focus back again on domestic issues. Conflicting interests within the party led to its fracturing. The original NNL Unity Party still existed, but its supporters now mainly consisted of former peasants-turned-landowners in the rural areas. During the 1911 General Elections, the following parties vied for seats in the NNL States-General: the Unity Party, the Progressive Party, the Labor Party, and the Communard Party. Magnus Bartelsz of the Progressive Party was elected as the new raedspensionaris in 1911.
=== Progressive Party Rule (1911-193x) ===
After the progressive party started its rule in 1911, the 1910s to 1930s has been known as the "Golden Era" of New Netherland in terms of both economic growth and political reform. The progressive government introduced many reforms including the Tax Reform Act of 1912, Social Reform and Poverty Act of 1913, and most notably the Women's Vote Act of 1914. Women's suffrage, which was long promised by the Mees van Haerst's Unity Party in the early 1900s, had only been realized by the Progressive Party in 1914. The pool of new voters in the 1915 National Elections of New Netherland led to Bartelsz reelection for a second term. The primary opposition parties during this period were the Communard-Labor Party and Democratic-Labor parties.
In 1915, Bartelsz launched a campaign to crack down on organized crime and mobster violence, which arose from the rampant smuggling during the years of the Quasi-War (1906-1910). More often, these groups of mobs were based around rivalling immigrant and worker groups, and had explicit political ties to the labor and communard parties of New Netherland. During the periods between 1915-1920, several arrests have been made, including high-profile personalities affiliated with the labor-communard alliance. The progressive party's use of propaganda was heavy, depicting the mobs, and by extension, the labor-communard party, to the secret police of Dictatorial [[France]] under Grand Marshal Camille Laframboise.
The late 1920s saw the progressive party increasingly incorporating themes of American Unity and Independence from European affairs. The progressive government was sympathetic towards the New England Separatists and the separatist group "Congress of Liberty," seeking independence from the British Empire. The government of New Netherland also became more explicitly hostile against European presence on the American continent.
== See also ==
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