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When Boetsselaer announced his refusal to resign from his post, a mob of French Meerenlanders stormed the government building in Detroit. Already aware of the mob presence, Van Boetsselaer had already fled south prior to the event. Dutch troops from Fort Sevres fired upon the mob killing several Frenchmen. The Dutch troops had underestimated the crowd and were forced to retreat and come back the next day with more reinforcements. The government house was eventually cleared and Van Boetsselaer came back and denounced the act of violence on both the Meerenlanders and the Dutch troops alike. Van Boetsselaer refused to give reparations to the families of the killed Meerenlanders and denounced them as traitors to the Dutch crown. This event had fueled more negative sentiments against the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Van Boetsselaer's government.
=== Unrest in Irokesenland ===
[[Irokesenland]] became a formal protectorate of the Dutch in
list of grievances: West irokesenlandt was sold to Virginia in 1848; Expel the Dutch High commissioner; consistent meddling of internal affairs despite being a protectorate.
Pan-irokees ideology: a country for the iroquois.
=== The Suyderling Revolt in Daesemus ===
The Suyderlings (English: ''Southerners)'' were a group of wealthy former plantation and slave owners who fled from [[South Tussenland]]'s slave insurrection in the 1850s. In 1850, South Tusssenland formally declared its independence and the majority of African descent took over the reins of government in South Tussenland. As a result, white plantation owners were driven off or killed by their former slaves. Those who managed to escape sought refuge in Daesemus, positive that the Kingdom of the Netherlands would eventually retake South Tussenland and return their plantations. However, after the [[2nd Dutch-Spanish War]] ended in 1855, Spain forced the Kingdom of the Netherlands to recognize the independence of South Tussenland. This upset the plantation owners now in Daesemus. They began demanding the Dutch government compensation for their losses in South Tussenland, and the States-General agreed to their demands. However, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was in economic ruin after the war and was unable to give the Suyderlings the promised reparations.
== Subduing the revolts ==
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== Aftermath ==
=== Formation and Recognition of the Federation of Tussenland ===
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