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''Tussenlandt'' first appeared on a GWC document in 1702, referring to the region as ''Nederlandse Besittingen ter Tussenlandt'' (lit.: Dutch possessions on the Tussenland).[[File:New France in 1745.png|alt=|thumb|A map of New France at her peak in 1749. The contested territory of Mississippi and Pays d'en Haut were officially ceded to the Dutch in 1755.]]
===Prince Maurice's War (1750-1755), and Acquisition of Meerenland===
{{Main|Great Silesian War}}In 1750, the Great Silesian War had erupted in Europe due to Prussian ambitions in the Silesian region. This conflict dragged [[France]], a Prussian ally, to war against Britain and her allies (which included the Dutch Republic). This spawned a colonial war on the North American continent, called Prince Maurice's War (named after the Dutch Republic's stadtholder at the time). The war was one of the most significant colonial conflicts in North America, pitting the North American colonies of Britain, Spain, and the Dutch Republic against France and her native allies.
In the early years of the war, New France saw significant gains on the Western Tussenland front, occupying key areas. However, Dutch forces soon overpowered the invading French troops and marched northeast towards the Great Lakes region in 1751, capturing several important forts. Meanwhile, the rest of the French army had marched south from Montreal to invade the Iroquoian homeland. The French were ultimately unable to take the Iroquoian land, and in late 1752, combined Dutch and British forces occupied Montreal. They then occupied Quebec and other forts along the St. Lawrence River in 1753.
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One of these new companies was the Royal Tussenland Company (Dutch: ''Koninklijke Tussenlandt Compagnie''). As the fur trade started to decline, the new company would shift its focus to plantations in the southern regions of Tussenland and would employ slaves imported from the Dutch Gold Coast Company. By the 1850s, southern Tussenland would become the region with the most slaves in North America.[[File:1848 Virginia Purchase.jpg|alt=|thumb|260x260px|Map of the Virginia Purchase (1848).]]
===Virginia Purchase (1848)===
The Kingdom of the Netherlands had feared that the contested region in west Irokesenland would lead into a colonial war between Tussenland and Virginia. Additionally, they also feared that a military conflict against the Spanish Empire was imminent, due to Tussenland settlers' continuous westward expansion, and the fact that the kingdom was recently accused by the Spanish Empire of financially supporting separatist rebels in their colony of [[Colombia|New Granada]] in the 1830s. The Kingdom of the Netherlands was faced with a dilemma. However, in 1847, a delegation from Britain sent a formal offer to purchase the contested territory from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands was reluctant to renounce their claims, as were the Iroquois. However, as the threat of war with Spain became more imminent, the Kingdom of the Netherlands agreed to the purchase and pressured the Iroquois to give up the contested part to Virginia. However, despite the Dutch West India's efforts to placate Great Britain, in mid-1849 the Kingdom of the Netherlands still get involved in a war against [[Great Britain]] and [[France]] over China.
==2nd Dutch-Spanish War (1850-1855)==
[[File:RTL Claims before and after the 2nd dutch spanish war.png|thumb|338x338px|American territories before and after the 2nd Dutch-Spanish War]]
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=== Immigration into Tussenland ===
The new finds in the energy sector, along with lands being opened up for settlement on the great plains, attracted a lot of European and Asian immigrants into Tussenland. European immigrants mainly went through Meerenland through the St. Lawrence or through New Netherland. The major European immigrant groups in the early 20th century were the Germans and Russians fleeing from economic devastation that the 1920s European economic crisis brought, and Christian Ottomans fleeing from religious persecution. Asian immigrants entered Tussenland by the Pacific Westerzee ports. The major Asian immigrant groups were Chinese people fleeing from Qing's economic downturn, and Coreans fleeing the Russo-Corean War in the 1930s.
== 20th Century Government ==
==== Government and Diplomatic Relations ====
Tussenland, from 1905-1911, was ruled by the Federalist Party, until they were replaced by the Republican Coalition in the 1911 Elections. Since their independence, Tussenland looked towards Great Britain for recognition. There had been substantian investment and trade between the two nations, and continued to foster good relations throughout the early 20th century.
=== The Alyeskan Scheme Crisis (1927-1929) ===
==== The National-Republican Scare ====
The Republican government of Tussenland, which had been in power since 1911, grew worried of the effects of the Russian Civil War (1925-1928) on Tussenland. President Maurits Teysmin feared a possible rise of National-Republicanism in Alyeska, which might leak over to the Pacific Tussenland provinces. Teysman and the republicans devised the "Alyeskan Scheme," an ambitious attempt to pre-emptively invade Alyeska while the Russian Civil War was going on, in an attempt to grow Tussenlander influence in the region and prevent the rise of National-Republicanism in Alyeska. This proposal was very controversial and amongst the urban classes and Meerenlanders who all saw this as a power grab. This triggered a public backlash against the government.
The president of Tussenland then tries to reinforce his power by going against the political norms, appointing a prime minister from his own party (republican), and tried to form a new government even when they did not hold a clear majority. This angered the opposition party, the Federalists, who then consolidated support in the National Assembly and ousted the President and Prime Minister in a vote of no confidence in 1929. This triggered a National Elections, where Teysman and the republicans lost to the coalition party of the opposition, the New Tussenland Alliance (NTA).
=== Tussenland under the NTA Government (1929-onwards) ===
The New Tussenland Alliance (NTA), led by President Cornelis Laurensz, was a political coalition composed of members of the former opposition, which ousted President Maurits Teysman in 1929, and several members of the previous government who switched sides. Much of the NTA's popularity owed to their vocal opposition against the Republican government and their ambitious schemes. However, the public grew disillusioned with the ineffectiveness of the NTA government. President Laurensz's rule was marked by heavy corruption, triggering protests in many parts of Tussenland, calling for his resignation.
In 1935, a poll showed the unpopularity of Laurensz among the Tussenlander public. With the National Elections upcoming in November 1935, Laurensz established an ad-hoc think tank, tasked with increasing the popularity of the NTA government and either securing victory in the 1935 elections, or delaying the elections. The perfect opportunity came when the [[Great War]] in Europe broke out July 1935, just four months before the National Elections. President Laurensz wanted to use the war to unite public sentiment under a common cause, and divert public attention away from the the NTA's political scandals.
==== Sinking of the PWHS Potouwatomie (1935) ====
In August 12, 1935, the PWHS Potouwatomie, a ship operated by the Pacific Tussenland Trading Company, was sunk by a torpedo attack on the Bay of Biscay. The Tussenland government blamed the French government for the attack, after photographic evidence and survivor testimonies surfaced. The public was divided over the legitimacy of these reports, with the opposition claiming that this was only a diversionary tactic. However, some in the public were convinced that the French were behind the attack, and urged the government to join the war on the British side against the French. Until today, there is no clear evidence whether this was a legitimate French attack, or a false-flag operation perpetrated by the NTA government. Nevertheless, the attack was used as the main argument for public calls to join the war.
== See also ==
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