In 1825, Southern Jamsterdavania voted for more control under the Amster Proviso's Provision VI. This provision was designed to raise funds for the completion of any projects in Southern Jamsterdavania such as roads and canals.

In 1827 Jamsterdavania repealed the Amster Proviso stating that its function was too expensive. Representatives form the south became enraged believing that the north was placing its interest above the good of the whole nation.

Their chief concern was mainly with the fact that their local governments were made powerless to implement programs in Amsterdavania without direct intervention from the Jamsterdavanian Parliament in Premont. This situation meant that needed roads, railroads and other transportation improvements were placed second to those of the north.

The death of Sidney Carlton Whitney in 1853 brought on the bitter 1853 election. Peter Dell, a Southern Jamsterdavanian political powerhouse, rallied four political factions into a coalition that caused a brutal defeat of Presidential hopeful Nolan King in 1854.

Peter Dell became President of Jamsterdavania and attempted to revise and re-establish the Amster Proviso. This move was blocked by a majority of the Northern controlled Parliament. A group known as the Federalists made a vote of no confidence against Dell that was defeated by a very narrow margin.

The Amster Proviso was barred from discussion in Parliament by a subsequent vote.

Dell responded by introducing the Jamsterdavanian Articles of Confederation, designed to turn Jamsterdavania into a Confederation. In 1857, through intensive lobbying by Dell, the Parliament evenly split on Articles of Confederation.

This action totally divided the nation and the Jamsterdavanian Civil War eventually occurred in 1860.