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==== Establishment of the Tussenland Land Agency ====
After the Dutch-Mexican War, Tussenlanders from Mississippi and Meerenland were thrilled to settle the newly reconquered western land. In December 2, 1903, the Director of the Federation of Tussenland, [[Frans Crÿnssen]], established the Tussenland Land Agency (Amerikaens: ''Tussenlandt Landagencie'') and was supported by the Federal Assembly. The agency started surveying and parceling out land in Suydt-Mizoerie and Noord-Mizoerie and offered it to prospective settlers. This violated the 1818 Royal Decree on the Limitation on Settlement, which banned further settlement west of Mississippi and Meerenland. The Tussenland Federal Assembly challenged the validity of this 86-year old decree, stating that it is outdated and applied arbitrarily by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In general, the Tussenlanders were greatly upset that they were forbidden to settle the lands that they had conquered for the Dutch.
==== Dutch interference in Tussenland government ====
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==== Independence ====
[[File:Tandem Crynssen-Sykes.jpg|thumb|221x221px|Crÿnssen-Sykes Tandem elected in 1905]]
While initially, the Federal Assembly did not pursue independence, the tides changed as the Kingdom of the Netherlands kept overstepping its boundaries. By late 1904, members of the Assembly began drafting a new constitution for Tussenland, one that excluded the Netherlands. On February 14, 1905, the Federal Assembly officially declared Tussenland as an independent federal parliamentary republic. The Federal Assembly now fashioned itself as the
Later that year, a decisive election took place, resulting in the victory of Frans Crÿnssen as President and Isaiah Sykes as Prime Minister.
=== Armed Conflict with the Netherlands ===
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=== Tussenland under the NTA Government (1929-onwards) ===
The New Tussenland Alliance (NTA), led by President
In 1935, a poll showed the unpopularity of
==== Sinking of the PWHS Potouwatomie (1935) ====
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In August 1937, New Amsterdam and Mexico City had correspondence with the French diplomatic delegation. Édouard Boissonade, French ambassador to America, invited New Netherland and Mexico to join the war on the Tripartite Coalition's side. In the case of a French victory, Boissonade promised Mexico City the return of Tussenlander territory formerly part of the Mexican Empire (the Misuri provinces), and promised New Amsterdam territory in Irokesenland and Meerenland.
As a result of Mexico's dubious response to France's call to join the war, the Tussenlander government began to exercise caution. Tussenland was relatively safe from the Great War, and only provided auxiliary support to Britain. However, Mexico and New Netherland in the war "would spell disaster for Tussenland," remarked Tussenland President
==== Fall of the NTA Government ====
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