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In 1844, New Archduchy was invaded by [[Aciria]] during the [[Cholera Expedition]], a failed campaign wherein the Acirians were ejected from the territory in three months following significant casualties due to disease. | In 1844, New Archduchy was invaded by [[Aciria]] during the [[Cholera Expedition]], a failed campaign wherein the Acirians were ejected from the territory in three months following significant casualties due to disease. | ||
===Independence | ===Independence=== | ||
The Rectory of New Archduchy, like its mother country, flourished economically and culturally during the 19th century period known as the [[Aedanicad]]. New Archduchy imported many of Urcea's contemporary [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Romanticism|artistic]], [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Architecture|architectural]], and literary developments during this time, and many of these were iterated into new variations reflecting New Archduchy's colonial nature. Particularly, Urcea's focus on the [[Urcean frontier|frontier]] translated well to colonial New Archduchy, with the colony creating its own variety of [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Frontier_literature|frontier literature]] towards the end of the 19th century. Economically, New Archduchy became a vital coaling station with the rise of steam-powered transports, and Adriansville developed from a small port and fishing town to a major international port by 1860. The population of the colony tripled between 1810 and 1850, and New Archduchy began to develop its own cultural and societal norms apart from the developments in [[Urcea]]. Efforts to centralize overseas colonial authority in the 1850s lead to significant resentment between the colonial population and Urcea, and the matter was dropped by 1860. | The Rectory of New Archduchy, like its mother country, flourished economically and culturally during the 19th century period known as the [[Aedanicad]]. New Archduchy imported many of Urcea's contemporary [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Romanticism|artistic]], [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Architecture|architectural]], and literary developments during this time, and many of these were iterated into new variations reflecting New Archduchy's colonial nature. Particularly, Urcea's focus on the [[Urcean frontier|frontier]] translated well to colonial New Archduchy, with the colony creating its own variety of [[Arts_and_literature_of_Urcea#Frontier_literature|frontier literature]] towards the end of the 19th century. Economically, New Archduchy became a vital coaling station with the rise of steam-powered transports, and Adriansville developed from a small port and fishing town to a major international port by 1860. The population of the colony tripled between 1810 and 1850, and New Archduchy began to develop its own cultural and societal norms apart from the developments in [[Urcea]]. Efforts to centralize overseas colonial authority in the 1850s lead to significant resentment between the colonial population and Urcea, and the matter was dropped by 1860. | ||
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With Urcea sending armed ships to force its will on New Archduchy, the public attitude had shifted fully in favor of independence. On 9 August 1890, the Rectory of New Archduchy issued a unilateral declaration of independence, which cited its chartered status as a "crown colony", and as there was no current Apostolic King, its allegiance and ties to the Urcean crown were now defunct. The document also listed many of the recent violations of the colony's rights and privileges, and provided that it hoped for amicable relations with Urcea once constitutional government had been restored. The document was issued by the National League of Crona, but was signed by Renzo as his last official act as Rector. He handed power to the Chair of the National League of Crona, Michael Ailio, on 10 August 1890. Renzo would later comment that, while the loss of the colony was regrettable, its people had "retained the sense of traditional governance that had unfortunately been forgotten in Levantia; they retained the true Urcean spirit." Rector Enni Renzo was {{wp|proscribed}} in Urcea and remained in New Archduchy until he received a pardon upon the [[History_of_Urcea_(1902-1955)#Restoration|restoration]], returning home in [[1903]]. As for the declaration of independence, it was quickly recognized by most major powers but not by Urcea, though Urcea had little naval capacity to launch a serious campaign against its former colony. In the same proclamation he used to pardon Renzo, the newly restored [[Patrick III of Urcea|Apostolic King Patrick III]] recognized New Archduchy's independence in early [[1903]]. | With Urcea sending armed ships to force its will on New Archduchy, the public attitude had shifted fully in favor of independence. On 9 August 1890, the Rectory of New Archduchy issued a unilateral declaration of independence, which cited its chartered status as a "crown colony", and as there was no current Apostolic King, its allegiance and ties to the Urcean crown were now defunct. The document also listed many of the recent violations of the colony's rights and privileges, and provided that it hoped for amicable relations with Urcea once constitutional government had been restored. The document was issued by the National League of Crona, but was signed by Renzo as his last official act as Rector. He handed power to the Chair of the National League of Crona, Michael Ailio, on 10 August 1890. Renzo would later comment that, while the loss of the colony was regrettable, its people had "retained the sense of traditional governance that had unfortunately been forgotten in Levantia; they retained the true Urcean spirit." Rector Enni Renzo was {{wp|proscribed}} in Urcea and remained in New Archduchy until he received a pardon upon the [[History_of_Urcea_(1902-1955)#Restoration|restoration]], returning home in [[1903]]. As for the declaration of independence, it was quickly recognized by most major powers but not by Urcea, though Urcea had little naval capacity to launch a serious campaign against its former colony. In the same proclamation he used to pardon Renzo, the newly restored [[Patrick III of Urcea|Apostolic King Patrick III]] recognized New Archduchy's independence in early [[1903]]. | ||
===Constitution and the Ailio Regency=== | |||
Ailio and the National League of Crona established a provisional government following the declaration of independence, receiving civil authority over the Rectory on 10 August 1890. The new provisional government immediately called for elections for a constitutional convention, with elections taking place on 1 September 1890 and the convention convening on 1 October 1890. In the elections, the National League won the vast majority of the seats, and without a major opposition party, its members decided to ban political parties within the new constitution, a prohibition that continues through today. The constitutional convention completed its work on 17 Jan 1892 following a year and a half of proceedings. The resulting Constitution of 1892 somewhat closely mirrors the unwritten [[Constitution of Urcea]] with some simplifications and incorporation of local practice and custom. The Constitution took effect six months after the closing of the convention on 17 July 1892. Elections were held on 1 July 1892 for a provisional term until the 1895 regularly scheduled election. On 17 July, all new officers were sworn in; the Common Council sat for the first time, and Ailio - elected as Popular Regent for the remaining three years - began to establish the nation's foreign relations in conjunction with the Chancellor and New Archducal government. The 1895 Elections gave Ailio a full term as Popular Regent. Ailio would complete his term on 31 December 1920; during that period, he lead the nation through neutrality in the [[First Great War]] and gradual reestablishment of relations with [[Urcea]]. During the Ailio Regency (1892-1920), New Archduchy continued to grow; as a neutral port on the Odoneru, it was a natural coaling location and would also harbor financial interests from around the world. During the 1910s, increasingly more commerce-minded members of the Common Council were elected, and by the end of Ailio's regency the nation's guild system was abolished in [[1920]]. Historians believe the abolition of the guilds set New Archduchy down its historical path of income inequality, but in the 1920s it had the intended effect of loosening the labor market and making the new nation more competitive. | |||
Ailio and the | During the Ailio Regency, efforts were made to incorporate the indigienous population of the Republic into national society. These peoples lived in the periphery of the country and were deeply integrated with the Greater Adriansville economy, but were otherwise not politically enfranchised and continued to practice a number of local religions, including an [[Arzalism|Arzalist]] minority. Universal suffrage was implemented in 1908 in part to incorporate these people. As civil rights expanded, so did forced social integration; the Republic established a mandatory residential school system for indigenous peoples in [[1911]]. The schools, operated by a partnership of the government and [[Catholic Church]], failed to destroy local cultural identity or customs, but did have the effect of converting the majority of indigineous people to Catholicism by [[1930]]. The abolition of the guild system allowed greater workforce integration for indigneous peoples of New Archduchy due to discriminatory practices that existed within both the labor and capital portions of the guilds, but also allowed for greater labor exploitation of these peoples. As a result, by [[1935]], most of the low wage jobs in Adriansville were given to indigneous peoples regardless of education. | ||
===Golden age of Odoneru commerce=== | ===Golden age of Odoneru commerce=== | ||