England — Not random

Conditions

• State religion is Catholic

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1420
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1425)
unless prevented by
Action C of 26016 - The Approach to Lollardy for England

Description

Lollards were a heretical group following the theological teaching of John Wyclif. Popular protests against the wealth, power, and pride of the clergy, were frequent, and in times of disorder would express themselves in an extreme form. They had been persecuted several times during the 14th century, and its last appearance was in the early 15th century.

Actions

A. Stop the Heretics

• Global revolt risk +3 for 36 months
• A random province converts to the state religion
• Stability -2
• -50

B. Let them be

• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with France
• -100 relations with Burgundy
• -100 relations with Brittany

England — Not random

Conditions

• France exists
• The following must not occur:
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Own Calais
    • Own Caux
    • Own Normandie
    • Own Poitou
    • Own Guyenne
    • Own Gascogne
• The following must not occur:
  • England and France are at war

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1453
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

The Hundred Years' War was the last great medieval war. It was a war not just between kings, but lesser nobles were also able to pursue their own personal agendas while participating in the larger conflict. Future wars saw far less factionalism, at least on the scale found in medieval conflicts. The Hundred Years' War was actually dozens of little wars and hundreds of battles and sieges that went on for over a century (1337-1453), until both sides were exhausted. While neither side won in any real sense, the end result was that while there were two kingdoms at the beginning of the war, there were two nations at the end of it.

Actions

A. No one seem to acknowledge our claims

• Champagne will no longer be considered a national province
• Calais will no longer be considered a national province
• Picardie will no longer be considered a national province
• Caux will no longer be considered a national province
• Ile de France will no longer be considered a national province
• Dauphiné will no longer be considered a national province
• Lyonnais will no longer be considered a national province
• Berri will no longer be considered a national province
• Orléanais will no longer be considered a national province
• Maine will no longer be considered a national province
• Normandie will no longer be considered a national province
• Vendée will no longer be considered a national province
• Poitou will no longer be considered a national province
• Limousin will no longer be considered a national province
• Auvergne will no longer be considered a national province
• Cévennes will no longer be considered a national province
• Languedoc will no longer be considered a national province
• Guyenne will no longer be considered a national province
• Gascogne will no longer be considered a national province
• +150 relations with France
• A random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• Stability -2
• Event 3104 - The End of the Hundred Years' War for France is triggered immediately

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3004 - The End of the Hundred Years' War for England has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1455
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 5, 1461)

Description

The Wars of the Roses, so called, took place over a period of about 35 years, between 1452 and 1487. They were a series of battles, skirmishes and sieges, in which were killed many hundreds of men, including many of the nobility of England. The fighting was interspersed with long periods of peace. They were in essence a struggle between two branches of the royal family, the Plantagenets. The main branch of the family in the person of Richard II was deposed in 1399 by Henry, Duke of Lancaster who became king as Henry IV. He, his son Henry V and his grandson Henry VI ruled England for the next 60 years uninterruptedly. The Lancastrians were a junior branch of the Plantagenets, descended from the third son of Edward III John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. A rival branch of the royal family were descended from Edmund Duke of York, fourth son of Edward III but also descended in the female line from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, his second son. They thus had a superior dynastic claim which they allowed to lie dormant until the incapacity of Henry VI caused a break down in law and order. This allowed Richard Duke of York an opportunity in the 1450s to present himself as the one man who could bring peace and justice to the country as rightful king. Richard of York was killed at the battle of Wakefield in late 1460 and his son Edward, the new Duke deposed and imprisoned Henry VI and was crowned king in February 1461. Edward ruled a disturbed realm for nearly ten years, until he was in turn deposed and sent into exile in favor of a restored Henry VI. The following year Edward returned from exile and Henry was again deposed after the decisive battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury in 1471 and this time was murdered to prevent any further restorations.

Actions

A. House of York

• Monarch Edward IV becomes active
• Monarch Edward V becomes active
• Monarch Richard III becomes active
• Leader Northumberland will never be active
• Leader de Clifford will never be active
• Leader Somerset will never be active
• Leader Pembroke will never be active
• Leader Edward IV becomes active
• Leader Warwick becomes active
• Leader Hastings becomes active
• Leader Gloucester becomes active
• Leader Norfolk becomes active
• Leader Richard III becomes active
• Aristocracy -2
• Serfdom -2
• Centralization +2
• Land +1
• +50 relations with Burgundy
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 2500 troops in a different random province
• A random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +5 for 120 months
• Stability -4

B. House of Lancaster

• Aristocracy +2
• Serfdom +2
• Centralization -2
• Land -1
• +50 relations with France
• Lose 7500 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 2500 troops in a different random province
• A random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +6 for 120 months
• Stability -5

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Richard III is active

Will happen on August 22, 1485

Description

Richard III had many enemies, and on 7 August, Henry Tudor landed near Milford Haven with about 2,000 French mercenaries and a handful of Lancastrian lords and knights. He gathered reinforcements as he marched through Wales, then through Shrewsbury, Stafford and Atherstone. Richard was at Nottingham, and moved from there to Leicester on 19 August, and by 21 August the two armies were facing each other about two and a half miles south of Market Bosworth. Richard's army was just under 12,000 strong, but 4,000 of his troops were commanded by the Stanley brothers, whose loyalty was suspect. Henry had only 5,000 troops. During the battle Both the Stanleys changed allegiance to Henry, swinging the numerical advantage to his favor. The battle was fought on and around Ambion Hill, close to Sutton Cheney, and lasted only two hours. Richard had the better position, but did not take advantage by attacking Oxford while he was still deploying his troops. This allowed Oxford to launch the first attack and the Duke of Norfolk, who was commanding Richard's forward battle division, was soon killed. For the first hour, the fighting was evenly matched, but Richard lost the battle through the treachery of the Stanleys, who deserted his cause. Even more damaging was of the Earl of Northumberland's failure to bring Richard's reserves into action when he saw the Stanleys go over to the enemy. Richard made a last attempt to win victory by directly attacking Henry with is personal guard, and almost succeeded, having cut down Henry's standard bearer. Richard's gamble failed, and he was struck down. The battle ended because his followers had no other definite leader. Richard was the last king of England to die on the battlefield. His death effectively ended the Wars of the Roses, and Henry VII started a new dynasty, the Tudors.

Actions

A. House of Tudor

• Aristocracy -2
• Serfdom -2
• Centralization +2
• Mercantilism -2
• +100 relations with France
• -50 relations with Burgundy
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of September 2, 1485
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1490)

Description

The position of Justice of the Peace (JP) originated in England in about the 12th Century AD, believed to be from a Royal Edict issued by King Richard I (the Lionheart) and the Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 1195 AD. The title was first known as 'Custodes Pacis' (Custodians of the Peace), but was later changed to Justices of the Peace. An act concerning Justices of the Peace was passed in 1489. It required that justices devote part of every quarter session to acknowledgment of the areas in which they themselves are particularly weak. The same act provided the general populace with the right to complain about the actions of justices directly to the monarch or his council. The appointment of the justices by the Lord Chancellor at irregular annual intervals allowed for the possible removal of uncooperative gentlemen at the next annual re-issue of the commissions.

Actions

A. Yes, we need them

• Centralization +1
• Gain bailiff in a random province
• Gain bailiff in a different random province
• Gain bailiff in a different random province
• Gain bailiff in a different random province
• Gain bailiff in a different random province
• Gain bailiff in a different random province
• -200
• Stability +1

B. No that is the Noblemen's job

• Serfdom +1
• Aristocracy +1
• +100
• Stability +2

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1490
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1495)

Description

King Henry did continue the Yorkist tradition of promoting government officers from the middle class (primarily clerics and lawyers.) But he did not create the middle class government that many historians propose

Actions

A. Give them your support

• Innovativeness +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Mercantilism -1
• Land -1
• Stability -1

B. Prohibit them from working in the Government

• Innovativeness -1
• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +1
• Land +2
• Stability +1
• +100

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3004 - The End of the Hundred Years' War for England has already occurred
• France owns Calais

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1492
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

The Pale of Calais had been a major commercial hub and staging point for English invasions into France ever since its capture by Edward III in 1346. Predominantly inhabited by Flemings and English migrants (mostly weavers), the towns within the Pale formed part of a very lucrative textile trade network which provided substantial revenues to the English crown for over two centuries, though in later years its economic might had been surpassed by the emerging fortunes of the Habsburg Low Countries. By the time the city fell to the armies of the Duke of Guise in 1558, Calais' fortress was in a somewhat dilapidated state and its garrison severely under-strength, and in the end its economic loss was considerably less than had been feared back in England. Despite this, the fall of Calais was a national humiliation and the loss of prestige was considerable -- 'Bloody' Mary, during whose reign Calais was lost, is supposed to have lamented: 'When I am dead and opened, you shall find 'Calais' lying in my heart.'

Actions

A. The dream is over!

• -25 victory points
• Global revolt risk +1 for 24 months
• Stability -2
• Event 25057 - The Capture of Calais for France is triggered immediately

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1495
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1500)

Description

The Court of Star Chamber was a court of law which evolved from meetings of the king's royal council. Although its roots go back to the medieval period, the court only became powerful as a separate entity during the reign of Henry VII. In 1487 the court became a judicial body separate from the king's council, with a mandate to hear petitions of redress. The Court of Star Chamber was named for the star pattern painted on the ceiling of the room at Westminster Palace where its meetings were held. In a sense the court was a supervisory body.

Actions

A. Yes, we need one

• Centralization +1
• Innovativeness +1
• Global revolt risk +3 for 60 months
• Stability +1

B. No, we don't

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1
• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3545 - The League of Cambrai for Papal States has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1508
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1510)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3545 - The League of Cambrai for Papal States

Description

In 1508, Pope Julius II set-up a league against the Republic of Venice which he disliked and found too powerful in Italy. He enlisted support of Florence, France and even of Emperor Maximilian. French troops decimated the Venetian army at the battle of Agnadel in 1509, but the Republic managed to break the league by concluding separate peace with her opponents.

Actions

A. Ignore

• +50 relations with Venice
• -50 relations with Papal States

B. Express Hostility

• +150 relations with Venice
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Scotland
• -50 relations with Milan
• -50 relations with Switzerland
• -50 relations with Florence

C. Express Support

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Venice for 72 months
• -150 relations with Venice
• +100 relations with Papal States
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Scotland
• +50 relations with Milan
• +50 relations with Switzerland
• +50 relations with Florence

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1510
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1520)

Description

The population of England lived on the land under a manorial system. They were primarily tenant farmers who were tied to a particular locality, rarely if ever leaving their places of birth. With the rise of commerce, it became increasingly profitable for the aristocracy who owned the land to enclose it. The enclosure movement displaced the tenant farmers and caused a movement into the cities. As people congregated in cities, they became sources of cheap labor for the factories and mines that developed. The concentration of population into cities, however, also created a class of poor, many of whom were willing to became 'indentured servants' and migrate to the North American colonies in search of a better life.

Actions

A. Reform

• Culture in Cornwall changes to english
• +1 base tax value in Midlands
• +1 base tax value in Lincoln
• +1 base tax value in Bristol
• +1 base tax value in Anglia
• +1 base tax value in Kent
• +1 base tax value in Wessex
• +1 base tax value in Cornwall
• Global revolt risk +1 for 240 months
• Midlands revolts
• Cornwall revolts
• Stability -3

B. Do not reform

• Centralization -1
• Serfdom -2
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1527
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1529)

Description

After Emperor Charles V had rejected the Protestants confessional positions at the Imperial Parliament of Augsburg (1529-1530), the North German Protestant Imperial estates formed the League of Schmalkalden, with a joint army and treasury and seeking ties abroad (France). The League enjoyed early successes in the years 1532-1540 as the Emperor was threaten by Turkish danger and forced to conclude Religious peace settlements in Nuremberg (1532) and Kaaden (1534).

Actions

A. Give it your support

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Brunswick
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Würzburg
• +50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Austria

B. Ignore it

• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• -50 relations with Brunswick
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Würzburg
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Spain

England — Not random

Conditions

• Own Wessex
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 3011 - The Royal Navy for England has already occurred
• Land is at 6 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1530
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1547)

Description

During the 16th century England began (with some rapidity) her transition from a Continental to a maritime power. There were numerous reasons for this, some voluntary and some circumstantial, though the primary factors were Henry VIII's eventual realisation that the Hundred Years' War really was over for good, and his daughter Mary's loss of Calais in 1558 making it a universal truth. Though with hindsight it is easy to see why England quickly looked to the New World for future opportunities and ventures, it was by no means an inevitability. Both Mary and Elizabeth harboured dreams of major European influence, with a Tudor-Habsburg dynastic alliance against France a very real possibility had Mary given birth to an heir before her death at 42. Elizabeth, a firm Protestant, openly aided the Dutch against their mutual Spanish foe, and was for a time considered a candidate for the Dutch throne following the death of William the Silent in 1584. Had either of these events turned out a little differently then it is almost certain that England's reliance on her island geography would have been less assured, and a large continental garrison essential. Finally, Oliver Cromwell's incredibly successful campaigns against the Scots and Irish were certainly an indication that Republican England had established itself as a formidable land power as well as an up-and-coming naval superpower. Perhaps dreams of Continental hegemony may not be so far-fetched after all?

Actions

A. Invest in the King's Army

• Gain barrack in Wessex
• +2 base tax value in Wessex
• Fortress level in Wessex +1
• Land tech investment: +800
• Infrastructure tech investment: +400
• -200
• Land +3

B. Expand the Royal Navy instead

• Anglia becomes a center of trade
• -20 national manpower
• Change the city name in Wessex to Portsmouth
• Gain shipyard in Wessex
• +2 base tax value in Wessex
• Naval tech investment: +800
• Trade tech investment: +400
• -200
• Land -3

England — Not random

Conditions

• Own Wessex
• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3753 - The King's Army for England has already occurred
  • Land is at 6 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of March 2, 1530
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1547)

Description

The Admiralty was instituted to further centralise the growing power of the Royal Navy and provide it with efficient strategic leadership both at home and at sea. Prior to the reign of Henry VIII the English navy had comprised a handful of the King's personal ships (often vanity projects of dubious military value) and several dozen temporarily-armed merchant vessels, the majority of which would disarm and return to commercial activities as soon as war was over. Though Henry VII had ordered the construction of the world's first dry dock at Portsmouth, it wasn't until his son's reign (1509-1547) that the birth of the modern Royal Navy can truly be attributed. By instituting the Admiralty as a top-down executive responsible for the construction and maintenance of all warships, the English navy finally benefited from a sense of continuity and order, as well as the notion of a permanent 'standing' navy for the first time. Finally, the Admiralty would also serve as a world-class academy for military leaders and important figures in the political and commercial life of the new Royal Navy.

Actions

A. Invest in the Royal Navy

• Anglia becomes a center of trade
• -20 national manpower
• Change the city name in Wessex to Portsmouth
• Gain shipyard in Wessex
• +2 base tax value in Wessex
• Naval tech investment: +800
• Trade tech investment: +400
• -200
• Land -3

B. Expand the King's Army instead

• Gain barrack in Wessex
• +2 base tax value in Wessex
• Fortress level in Wessex +1
• Land tech investment: +800
• Infrastructure tech investment: +400
• -200
• Land +3

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Catholic

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1534
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1541)

Description

Henry VIII Tudor of England (1509-1547) had first received in 1521 the Papal title of Defensor Fidei (Defender of the Faith) for his pamphlet against Luther. The king's main concern was over his succession and in 1529, when the Papal Curia rejected his proposal to divorce Catherine of Aragon, he had the Legate of the Pope, Cardinal Wolsey, executed and coerced the English clergy to recognize the king as the supreme head of the Church. He had his divorce granted in 1533 and married the lady-in-waiting Ann Boleyn (executed 1536). Altogether, Henry VIII contracted 6 marriages.

Actions

A. Take Command of the Church of England

• Change religion to Protestant
• Centralization +1
• +500
• Stability -2

B. Accept Rome's Supremacy, but ignore it on a personal level

Conditions

• State religion is Catholic

Effects

• +100 relations with Papal States
• +100 relations with Spain
• Stability +1

C. Wycliffe's path is the true path

Conditions

• State religion is Lollard

Effects

• Serfdom -1
• -50 relations with Papal States
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Own Wales
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed

Will happen within 365 days of January 2, 1536
Checked again every 365 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

Wales had been conquered by England during the reign of Edward I, but was considered a separate country until Parliament passed the Welsh Act of Union in 1536. This act, combined with a further one in 1543, gave Wales representation in Parliament, made it subject to the same laws as England, and also made English the primary language of Wales. This hastened the anglicization of Wales, making it easier for the English to administer the province.

Actions

A. Pass the Act

• Change the city name in Wales to Cardiff
• Culture in Wales changes to english
• Wales converts to the state religion

England — Not random

Conditions

• Innovativeness is at 6 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1545
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1555)

Description

In the 1550's, to navigators who habitually used a globe, it seamed obvious that there must be a more direct route to the East across the Arctic, than round the Cape of Good Hope. Most 16th century maps shown the Arctic as an open sea, but little else was known. A considerable number of northern voyages were planned in England and, to this end many trading companies were being formed. The most famous is the 'Company of Merchant Adventurers for discovery of regions, dominions, islands and places unknown.' who had as first Master the aging Sebastian Cabot.

Actions

A. We will exploit this!

• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in a random province
• +200
• +5 merchants
• Gain an explorer in a random province

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1551
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1574)

Description

English financier, born in London, and educated at the University of Cambridge. After attending the university, he was apprenticed to his uncle, a merchant, in whose service he displayed unusual business ability. In later years he became one of the wealthiest men in England. In 1551 he was appointed a factor, or royal agent, by King Edward VI. Charged with the management of the royal debt abroad, he virtually liquidated it by adroit financial manipulations on the bourse, or stock exchange, of Antwerp. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1559. While serving as her financial agent abroad, Gresham found that his tasks were difficult to execute because of the lower value of English currency in relation to the currencies of other countries.

Actions

A. Excellent!

• -5% inflation
• +2 base tax value in Anglia
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Will happen on July 11, 1553

Description

As the granddaughter of King Henry VIII's elder sister Mary, Lady Jane Grey had a claim to the English throne. Married against her will in 1553 to Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland, she was used as a pawn by Northumberland, who was King Edward VI's regent, in his determined effort to retain his power after the king's death. King Edward VI was deadly sick and during his last illness Northumberland had him sign a 'device' excluding Henry VIII's daughters, the future queens Mary I and Elizabeth I, from the throne in favor of Jane. On July 10, 1553, four days after Edward's death, Jane was proclaimed queen. Her reign lasted only until July 19. The country supported the Catholic Mary's claim, and Northumberland's forces were dispersed by troops loyal to Mary. Lady Jane's life was initially spared, but convinced she did not need another focus of Protestant opposition and a further rival to the throne Mary had Jane and her husband executed on Tower Hill on February 12, 1554.

Actions

A. Let us revolt against Northumberland

• Global revolt risk +6 for 36 months
• Stability -1

B. Let us negotiate with Northumberland

• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed

Will happen on July 26, 1554

Description

In 1554 the Catholic Queen Mary married Philip of Spain, a union that opened great possibilities for both England and Spain. Philip was granted the title King of England by Parliament, but was not allowed to govern the country. But the imminent question of importance was over religion. The Act of Supremacy had given clerical control to the monarch, but the people of England were sundered over religion. Catholics demanded Papal authority, whilst Protestants wanted liberal clerical laws. Mary chose to throw in her lot with the fanatical Catholics, and a wave of terror commenced earning her the nickname 'Bloody Mary'. My Eminence! How will you act?

Actions

A. Reinstate Papal power over the Church of England

• Change religion to Counter-Reform Catholic
• Innovativeness -2
• A random province converts to the state religion
• +3 missionaries
• Gain a royal marriage with Spain
• +150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with Papal States
• Stability -2

B. Make Catholicism the most favored religion

• Innovativeness -1
• +1 missionaries
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Papal States
• Stability -1

C. Confirm religious freedom for all

• A random province converts to a heretic religion
• Innovativeness +2
• -6 missionaries
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Papal States
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Moscow exists
  • Russia exists
• Innovativeness is at 6 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1555
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1565)

Description

In 1553, the Merchant Adventurers Company sent a fleet of three ships with the intent of sailing to China through the Northeast Passage. Most ships were struck frozen by the ice-cap and all their crew died of starvation, except the Edward, under senior navigator Richard Chancellor, who entered the White Sea and reached Arkhangelsk, a small village that would later grow to a port in 1584. There he learned about the wealth and power of the Russian emperor and journeyed in horse-drawn sleighs, in winter, to Moscow. Although Russia and England had diverging interests in establishing relationships with each other, the Muscovy Trade Company formed to exploit the new trade was a commercial success, in particular with the Russian fur trade.

Actions

A. We will exploit this!

• +200
• +5 merchants
• Gain an explorer in a random province
• +150 relations with Moscow
• +150 relations with Russia
• Trade tech investment: +200

England — Not random

Conditions

• Netherlands exists
• None of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1555
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1648)

Description

Your Highness, we are swiftly losing control of our holdings in the Netherlands to the victorious Dutch rebels. More local nobles and magnates are joining the Dutch cause every day. We must strike swiftly and without mercy if we want to put a stop to this outrage!

Actions

A. Curses!

• Friesen will no longer be considered a national province
• Geldre will no longer be considered a national province
• Holland will no longer be considered a national province
• Zeeland will no longer be considered a national province
• Luxembourg will no longer be considered a national province
• Brabant will no longer be considered a national province
• Artois will no longer be considered a national province
• Flandern will no longer be considered a national province
• Nivernais will no longer be considered a national province
• Franche-Comté will no longer be considered a national province
• Bourgogne will no longer be considered a national province
• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Geldre to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3014 - Bloody Mary and King Philip of Spain for England has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Catholic
  • State religion is Counter-Reform Catholic

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1570)

Description

The immense domestic upheavals of the mid-16th century put England on a course from which she may well never have recovered. Henry VIII's desire to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, led to the Act of Supremacy in 1534, in which he officially broke with Rome and established himself as head of an independent Church of England. Henry's death in 1547 led to the short but important reign of his son Edward VI, whose own Protestant zealotry was subsequently matched by his half-sister Mary's servile devotion to Rome, and in particular her Catholic Habsburg husband Philip of Spain. Mary's reign was short and violent, from which she earned the sobriquet 'Bloody Mary' - her attempts to forcibly re-Catholicize England led to thousands being killed, including hundreds being burned as apostates, and her devotion to Philip included attempts to make England an effective vassal of Spain in its costly wars against France. Following Mary's death in 1558, the young Queen Elizabeth undertook a series of religious policies designed to follow a moderate path between the two extremes of her late siblings, and in many respects her own religious convictions were not too dissimilar to those of her father Henry VIII. Far more politically astute and nuanced than her predecessors, Elizabeth passed a second Act of Supremacy in 1558 alongside the Act of Uniformity the same year. Together, these laws were known as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement and undid much of the damage of Mary's reign, including narrowing the scope of what constituted heresy and reaffirming England's break from Rome. Though not a perfect compromise, the Settlement strengthened Elizabeth's position and paved the way for her long and stable reign over England. When she died in 1603, 'Gloriana' had secured the independence of both the nation and its church.

Actions

A. Return to a more moderate path

• Change religion to Protestant
• Aristocracy -1
• Innovativeness +1
• A random province converts to the state religion
• +1 missionaries
• Infrastructure tech investment: +800
• +300
• -50 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Papal States
• Stability +2

B. Maintain a gentler union with Rome

• Conditions:
  
  • State religion is Counter-Reform Catholic
  Change religion to Catholic
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness -1
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Papal States
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern
• The following must not occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1571)

Description

In 1566 the Dutch Nobles courted the English regent in Brussels in an effort to stop the persecution of the Inquisition and to let the General Estates convene, but all they got was a contemptous refusal. One of the effects of the insulting denial was that the citizenry of Antwerpen stormed the churches and destroyed the relics and paintings. The rebellion then spread from town to town. Paris William of Orange tried to stop these senseless acts of violence, but it was futile. The grass had caught fire...

Actions

A. No Concessions

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Holland
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Zeeland
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +10
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +10
• Revolt risk value in Artois +10
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Flandern
• Innovativeness -1
• +300
• Stability +1

B. Lower the taxes

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +5
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +5
• Revolt risk value in Holland +5
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +5
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +5
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +5
• Revolt risk value in Artois +5
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +5
• Centralization -1
• -500
• Stability -2

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3868 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for England has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern
• The following must not occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1565
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1576)

Description

In 1567 the Duke of York arrived in the Netherlands bringing English Elite troops and very determined to break the Dutch Insurrection. York issues the Edict of Blood, which allows him to create a harsh military dictatorship with mass-arrests and courts of honor as a daily routine. The Terror of the Inquisition is intensified and hundreds of people are executed. In 1568 York arrests and executes Count Horn and Egmont, making William of Orange the only leader left to take up the flag. In 1570 York by himself introduces a 10 percent tax even as the Dutch have paid a two-year tax that the General estates had agreed upon on the promise of no more extra taxes. A General Strike spreads in the Netherlands... In 1573 it is clear that the 'General of the League' has failed to subjugate the Dutch.

Actions

A. No Concessions

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Holland
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Zeeland
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +7
• Revolt risk value in Artois +7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +7
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Flandern
• Innovativeness -1
• +300
• Stability +1

B. Don't introduce that Consumption Tax

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +5
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +5
• Revolt risk value in Holland +5
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +5
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +2
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +2
• Revolt risk value in Artois +2
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +2
• Innovativeness +1
• -500
• Stability -2

England — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1566
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1573)

Description

The year 1571 saw the creation of the London Stock Exchange. Although small in importance and with limited trading in the 16th and 17th centuries, it would grow and gradually overcome its Amsterdam competitor and prove to be the most active stock market in 18th century Europe, boosting the English trade, manufacturing and economy as a whole. England would then benefit from an easy and reliable access to credit.

Actions

A. Expand Loan Market

• Size of loans changed to 400 ducats
• Gain Refinery in a random province
• +4% inflation
• Stability +1

B. Issue Strict Control

• Gain Refinery in a random province
• -2% inflation
• Stability +2

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3077 - The Time of the Regents for Scotland has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of November 2, 1569
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1570)

Description

Elizabeth I wanted a religious settlement to establish in England a Protestant Anglican Church with herself as the Supreme Governor. History records that her task was accomplished 'with the minimum of persecution'. Things worsened when Mary Queen of Scots fled to England, seemingly because the Scots got fed up with her mismanagement of Scottish affairs. But Mary was a Catholic claimant to the English throne and therefore more than a bit of an embarrassment. So Elizabeth I locked Mary away in various castles. Mary became the centre of numerous conspiracies to overthrow the 'upstarts' who had displaced the ancient aristocracy. The idea was to marry Mary to Norfolk, England's only Duke. This represented a serious threat to Elizabeth but Norfolk seemed undecided and continued to delay until Elizabeth invited him to London whereupon she locked him in the Tower. She had correctly suspected that the Earls of Northumberland, Westmorland and Cumberland (Percys, Nevilles and Cliffords) were involved in the conspiracy and accordingly invited them to London. The Earls guessed their accommodation would be the Tower and opted instead for a rebellion which began on the 9 November 1569. There was some popular support. The Catholic faith had survived in the North and there was real resentment against the Tudor domination and Elizabeth I's new men. Northumberland mustered his troops in Richmond on the 16 November offering great wages to all who came forth and burning for those who did not and he did returned on 28 November with 1000 horsemen and a few foot soldiers and 'spoiled' the town. Around the 23 November a few wealthy inhabitants joined the rebellion, just as it neared collapse. This defection did not go unnoticed and this time the other side led by Lord Willoughby ransacked the surrounding countryside. Sir George was appointed provost marshal and martial law was declared except of course for the wealthy that was exempt. Elizabeth I ordered that 700 of the riffraff be executed -the wealthy would forfeit their estates to help fund the Crown's costs-, 200 of these were to be from or around Richmond. On the 8 January the provost marshal arrived. Questioning of the prisoners began and on the 10 January the executions were carried out. Seemingly only a smaller number were actually executed, perhaps around 57, 12 of whom were from Richmond. The decade after the Rebellion was a difficult period for Catholics who faced constant persecution. Religious meetings were held in secret away from the eyes of unfriendly informants. It seems however that the few gentry who were accused in court of holding Catholic beliefs were the 'mere tip of a great pyramid' which represented a hidden underground movement.

Actions

A. Keep Norfolk in the Tower and smash the rebels

• Northumberland revolts
• Yorkshire revolts
• Lancashire revolts
• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +1

B. Keep Norfolk in the Tower and start to negotiate

• Northumberland revolts
• Aristocracy +1

C. Release Norfolk

• Aristocracy +2
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1573
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1588)

Description

Sir Francis Walsingham was Queen Elizabeth's Private Secretary. His main achievement was the perfect organization of a secret service and spying network that proved extremely efficient in aborting all conspiracies against the Queen's life and all other political and diplomatic plots. Extremely anti-Spanish, he was also the protector of Drake and financed most of the famous privateer early expeditions against the Iberian power.

Actions

A. Let him become our Spymaster!

• Gain a royal marriage with a random country
• Gain a royal marriage with a different random country
• Gain a royal marriage with a different random country
• Gain a royal marriage with a different random country
• Gain a royal marriage with a different random country
• Gain a royal marriage with a different random country
• -100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with France
• -200
• Stability +1

B. No I do not trust him!

• Innovativeness -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3868 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for England has already occurred
• Event 3869 - The Duke of York and the Edict of Blood for England has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern
• The following must not occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1575
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1586)

Description

In 1578 the Earl of Wessex, member of the powerful York family, arrives in the Netherlands. The Earl of Wessex has good character and is efficient, as well as being both a good general and politician. In him William of Orange gets a powerful opponent. Wessex quickly understands that England can keep its mastery of the Netherlands only if it plays on the desires of the Catholic provinces. In 1579 England manages to get some of the southern Catholic provinces into the Union of Arras, which makes peace with England. However, some of the Northern provinces now create the Union of Utrecht - the first sign of a new Dutch nation. Later on, Wessex uses the Union of Arras as a safe base for an invasion of the North, and the northerners are only saved by the murder-attempt of Wessex's two elder brothers in 1588, forcing him to leave for England immediately.

Actions

A. Sign the Union of Arras

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Holland
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Zeeland
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -7
• Revolt risk value in Artois -7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -7
• -200
• Stability +1

B. No Concessions

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Holland
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Zeeland
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +7
• Revolt risk value in Artois +7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +7
• Dutch Rebels revolt in Flandern
• Innovativeness -1
• +300
• Stability +3

C. Sign the Union of Arras and lower taxes

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +5
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +5
• Revolt risk value in Holland +5
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +5
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -7
• Revolt risk value in Artois -7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -7
• Innovativeness +1
• -500
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Netherlands exists
• Event 3868 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for England has already occurred
• Event 3900 - Creation of the Dutch Republic for Netherlands has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 3871 - The Repatriation of the Netherlands for England has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1585
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1648)

Description

Your Highness, we are swiftly losing control of our holdings in the Netherlands to the victorious Dutch rebels. More local nobles and magnates are joining the Dutch cause every day. We must strike swiftly and without mercy if we want to put a stop to this outrage!

Actions

A. OK

• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -27
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -27
• Revolt risk value in Artois -27
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -27
• Flandern converts to the state religion

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3077 - The Time of the Regents for Scotland has already occurred

Will happen on February 9, 1587

Description

Born in 1542, six days before the death of her father, Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of Scotland in her infancy. Raised in Catholic France and married at fifteen to the heir of the French throne in alliance against the Protestant English. She returned to Scotland only after the death of her husband in 1560

Actions

A. Behead her!

• -150 relations with France
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Papal States
• Global revolt risk +2 for 12 months
• Stability +1

B. Let her live imprisoned though

• -100 relations with France
• -100 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Papal States
• Stability -1

C. Set her free, but send her to the Guise in France

• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Papal States
• Stability -3

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least 3 of the following must be true:
  • Own Connaught
  • Own Ulster
  • Own Meath
  • Own Leinster
  • Own Munster
• None of the following must occur:
  • Ireland exists
  • State religion is Catholic
  • State religion is Counter-Reform Catholic

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1590
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1610)

Description

Hugh O'Neill lived in England in the 1560s. He served the government in the 1580s but in 1594 rebelled. Dissatisfied with the English government's persistent policy of playing the chiefs against one another, O'Neill was also angered by the English refusal to restore the lands granted to his grandfather. At last he formed an alliance with the other Irish chiefs and sought aid against Protestant England from Catholic Spain. He achieved something like unity among his allies and, after 1595, defeated some of Queen Elizabeth's best commanders in Ireland. O'Neill was defeated while attempting to join a Spanish force that arrived at Kinsale in 1601. His Irish allies dispersed, and O'Neill retreated to Ulster. In 1603 he made peace with the English, surrendering his tribal authority. King James I later pardoned him.

Actions

A. Crush the Irish!

• Connaught revolts
• Ulster revolts
• Munster revolts
• -150 relations with Spain
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1598
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1604)

Description

Elizabeth's popularity began to wane towards the end of her reign. The war with Spain dragged on inconclusively. The parliament became less tractable and began to object to the abuse of the royally granted monopolies, which was used to reward her favorites and tolerate considerable corruption. A last Golden speech to Parliament in 1601 reaffirmed her love for her subjects, but it came in the context of a bitter clash over royal monopolies, which she ceased from.

Actions

A. Cancel them!

• Mercantilism -2
• -200
• Stability -1

B. Strengthen them!

• Mercantilism +1
• Centralization +1
• +100

England — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Catholic
  • State religion is Counter-Reform Catholic

Will happen within 30 days of November 6, 1605

Description

A plot to blow up the king and the Houses of Parliament has been discovered! The conspirators, led by Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby, hid barrels of gunpowder below the Houses of Parliament and planned to detonate them when the Houses were in session with the king attending. Their goal was to seize control of the government and restore England to Catholicism. The conspirators will undoubtedly be executed, but how should we react towards Catholics as a whole?

Actions

A. Punish all Catholics!

• Stability +1
• Global revolt risk +5 for 12 months
• Innovativeness -2
• A random province converts to the state religion
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with France

B. Punish only the obvious conspirators

• Stability -2
• Innovativeness +1

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1615
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1630)

Description

When the English colonists arrived in America they immediately met Native Americans. Slowly they pressed the Natives back and conquered more land to settle. But they did not manage to subjugate the Native American, whom moved deeper into their vast continent. More or less from the outset the colonists where plagued by indian raids, pillaging and burning their farms and hamlets. The Anglo-French and Anglo-Spanish competition did not make the things easier for the colonists as the French and the Spaniards induced the Natives to raid and sometimes provided guns and leadership. In this situation His Majesty's Government in London had two possibilities. Either to invest in a perimeter defense of forts and garrisons or let the colonials form into militias and solve the defense on their own. The first solution was costly and London rarely viewed it a viable option. However the price London had to pay was a growing self-assurance among the colonists, a self-assurance that would become a serious problem in 1773.

Actions

A. Leave it to the Colonial Militia

• Stability +1

B. Invest in expensive Perimeter Defense

• Event 3346 - Native Raids for England will never fire
• -300
• Fortress level in a random province in North America +1
• Fortress level in a random province in North America +1

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 3, 1620
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1635)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3343 - Colonial Defense for England

Description

The settlement of a growing number of white people in the colonies brought discontent and hatred both among the natives and the settlers. The English colonists would ignore the natives as long as they could grab their land and would suppress, on false pretexts, all attempts at reaction and redress of wrongs. The French were more conciliatory towards natives, trying to convert and assimilate them into their religion, realm and culture. However, they also sometimes gained the enmity of powerful tribes (such as the Mohawks) by their interference in Indian tribal conflicts and fur trade control. Once in a while, hard-pressed tribe would go on rampage and raid nearby settlements with total savagery, matched equally by the white reprisals.

Actions

A. Oh No!

• Create a colonial revolt in a random province
• Create a colonial revolt in a different random province
• Create a colonial revolt in a different random province

England — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1628
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1628)

Description

In 1628 Parliament passed the Petition of Right. Under its terms the King could not levy any new taxes without the consent of Parliament. Furthermore, soldiers could not be billeted in private homes and martial law could not be imposed in times of peace. Finally, the Petition of Right forbade the imprisonment of individuals without cause.

Actions

A. Sign it

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy -1
• Innovativeness +2
• Stability -1

B. Refuse to sign it

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness -2
• Serfdom +2
• Stability -2

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Has discovered Madras
  • Has discovered Coast of Coromandel
• The following must not occur:
  • England owns Madras

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1630
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1700)

Description

Reports have come in about a stretch of land bordering the Bay of Bengal that would be a good location for a trading venture. The money would need to be paid upfront in order to pursue the opportunity.

Actions

A. Approach the natives about purchasing the land

• -200
• Event 338013 - The Sale of Tondaimandalam for Madras is triggered immediately

B. Let's invest our money on something more worthwile

• Infrastructure tech investment: +200
• Event 164098 - The Indian Scam for England will never fire

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 164600 - An Opportunity in India for England has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 338013 - The Sale of Tondaimandalam for Madras has already occurred

Will happen within 70 days of January 2, 1630
Checked again every 70 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1700)
unless prevented by
Action B of 164600 - An Opportunity in India for England

Description

The opportunity to buy land on the coast of the Bay of Bengal was a scam. Only a small portion of the fronted money was recovered.

Actions

A. Blast!

• +25
• -5 victory points

England — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1640
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1640)

Description

The 16th century saw the number of members in the House of Commons increase, while the House of Lords remained significantly smaller. The power base in Parliament shifted to the House of Commons who were well aware of the fact. Elizabeth I had a mix of determination, majestic presence and kindness towards the members of Parliament that her successors James I and his son Charles I did not. The Parliament wanted to have more said in matters about the church, justice and taxes to which the king naturally opposed. When James I tried to propose marriage of his son to Spanish, and later a French princess (both Catholic) they had enough. The Parliament of 1628 voiced the Petition of Right which forbad arrests and taxation ordered by the king. In 1629 the Parliament voted for resolutions to condemn Religious and Tax politics and the king opposed the Parliament and tried to dissolve it. Eleven years of Dictatorship ensued. In 1642 the Civil War divided the country into Cavaliers (Royalists) versus Roundheads (the 'Parliament's wigless').

Actions

A. Combat Parliament

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy +2
• Serfdom +1
• Global revolt risk +8 for 120 months
• -500
• Stability -3

B. Oppose Parliament

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +1
• Global revolt risk +6 for 120 months
• -300
• Stability -2

C. Submit to Parliament

• Centralization -4
• Aristocracy -2
• Serfdom -2
• +500
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1642
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1642)

Description

The English Civil War (1642-1648) was the result of a long power struggle between the Stuart monarchs and the Puritan-led Parliament. Intensification of royal judicial procedures (Star Chamber) and demands for taxes (1635, ship money for naval construction) was faced by Parliamentary opposition (summary of grievances in the 1641 Grand Remonstrance) and execution of royal advisors. The arrest of John Pym, the Puritan leader and the Catholic uprising in Ulster (1641) sparked the war between the Royalists and the Parliament. The decisive reform and new model army of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) led to the capture and execution of king Charles I (1649) and the establishment of the English Commonwealth, a military dictatorship controlled by a Lord Protector (Cromwell - 1653) and a reduced (Rump) Parliament. Following successful wars against Holland (1652-1654) and Spain (1654-1659), the monarchy would be re-established by General Monk in 1658, to the profit of Charles II Stuart (1660-1688), a fervent absolutist.

Actions

A. Parliament

• Meath revolts
• Leinster revolts
• Northumberland revolts
• Wales revolts
• Bristol revolts
• Cornwall revolts
• +20000 infantry in the capital province
• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• +5 artillery in the capital province
• Leader Monck becomes active
• Leader Fairfax becomes active
• Leader Cromwell becomes active
• Leader Blake becomes active
• Leader Ayscue becomes active
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Event 3771 - King Charles and the New Monarchy for England will never fire
• Stability -4

B. The King

• Ulster revolts
• Lancashire revolts
• Midlands revolts
• Lincoln revolts
• Kent revolts
• Wessex revolts
• +15000 infantry in the capital province
• +15000 cavalry in the capital province
• +10 artillery in the capital province
• Leader Charles I becomes active
• Leader Prince Rupert becomes active
• Leader Prince Rupert becomes active
• +150 relations with France
• +150 relations with Spain
• Event 3026 - Cromwell and the Republic for England will never fire
• Stability -5

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1645
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1660)

Description

When the English colonists arrived in America they immediately met Native Americans. Slowly they pressed the Natives back and conquered more land to settle. But they did not manage to subjugate the Native American, whom moved deeper into their vast continent. More or less from the outset the colonists where plagued by Indian raids, pillaging and burning their farms and hamlets. The Anglo-French and Anglo-Spanish competition did not make the things easier for the colonists as the French and the Spaniards induced the Natives to raid and sometimes provided guns and leadership. In this situation His Majesty's Government in London had two possibilities. Either to invest in a perimeter defense of forts and garrisons or let the colonials form into militias and solve the defense on their own. The first solution was costly and London rarely viewed it a viable option. However the price London had to pay was a growing self-assurance among the colonists, a self-assurance that would become a serious problem in 1773.

Actions

A. Leave it to the Colonial Militia

• Stability +1

B. Invest in expensive Perimeter Defense

• Event 3347 - Native Raids for England will never fire
• -500
• Fortress level in a random province in North America +1
• Fortress level in a random province in North America +1
• Fortress level in a random province in North America +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3868 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for England has already occurred
  • Event 3869 - The Duke of York and the Edict of Blood for England has already occurred
  • Event 3870 - The Earl of Wessex and the Union of Arras for England has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 3932 - The Dutch Independence for England has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1648
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1649)

Description

After a number of failures in the 1590's and during the first decades of the 17th century the Thirty Years War started and England, once again, got the opportunity to revive their offensive in the Netherlands. The Dutch again tried to open their walls and flood their enemy, but it backfired and they lost more than 10000 elite troops in the events. The majority of the Dutch in the United Provinces lost all their money and wealth, which was used paying for the upkeep of the English troops. In 1625 Breda capitulated to the English, the Dutch took Grol in 1627, but it was lost again within 6 months, as was Nijmegen. In a nightly sea battle the English navy managed to prevail and landed 12000 men in Zeeland - within a year England had gained control of their quarrelsome subjects. During the years until the Westphalian Peace England harshly subjugated all heretics. Those of the true faith were given strong preferences in all areas and they also got local self-governance. A pact between all the faithful subjects of the King of England was instituted. Many Dutchmen left for South Africa and South-East Asia. At the Westphalian Peace in 1648 the world at last acknowledged the rightful English rule in the Netherlands.

Actions

A. The Netherlands are subjugated

• Flandern converts to the state religion
• Revolt risk value in Friesen -30
• Revolt risk value in Geldre -30
• Revolt risk value in Holland -30
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland -30
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -27
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -27
• Revolt risk value in Artois -27
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -27
• Centralization +3
• +300
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Will happen on January 30, 1649
unless prevented by
Action B of 3025 - The English Civil War for England

Description

Oliver Cromwell, a parliamentary member, had played a significant part as commander of forces leading to the Royalists defeat in 1646. While the Army was strong, the weak link of the Republic was the Parliament. It was filled with idealists and opportunists who did not want general elections until they had altered the system to be able to keep their seats. The Army was more concerned with being granted tax funds by a Parliament that had the legitimacy of the people. Finally, the Army lost patience and by force drove out the members of the House of Commons. Cromwell was proclaimed 'Lord Protector' for life by the Generals and a very informal gathering elected to form a new constitution. The Generals made sure to put a great deal of the power in their own hands and a decree to keep a standing force of 30,000 men. Cromwell had the same problems with the new Parliament as the kings preceding him had. The Government relied on the Army and rapidly England was becoming a country ruled by the military both centrally and locally.

Actions

A. Install Cromwell as Lord Protector

• Flag graphics extension set to "REV"
• Monarch Oliver Cromwell becomes active
• Monarch Richard Cromwell becomes active
• Change religion to Reformed
• Culture in Wales changes to english
• Ulster converts to the state religion
• Centralization +5
• Aristocracy -5
• Innovativeness -2
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality +2
• Stability +1

B. Let Parliament run the show

• Flag graphics extension set to "REV"
• Monarch Council of State becomes active
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • State religion is Lollard
  Change religion to Protestant
• Culture in Wales changes to english
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • State religion is Lollard
  Ulster converts to the state religion
• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness +1
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality +2
• Stability -2

England — Not random

Will happen on January 30, 1649
unless prevented by
Action A of 3025 - The English Civil War for England

Description

During Charles I's reign, England's loyalties were divided between Parliament, seeking more pluralism and a Protestant rule, and the king, who wanted more Royal power even Autocracy and Catholic rule, or at least religious freedom. Parliament won the English Civil War, but what if they had not? So in 1645, the New Royal Army was formed by Fairfax and then won two victories (Naseby -14 June- and Langport -10 July-), destroying all of the Parliament's armies. In 1646, Charles had to spread his forces seeking out fleeing puritan leaders. Oxford pressed the Cromwell's 'New Model Army' and the Puritans fled north to Scotland, ending the first war. Charles used the time to negotiate with Parliament at Holmby House, whilst he spent lot of money bribing moderate parliamentarians. In the mean time, relations between Cromwell's army and the Scots were deteriorating. Eventually the Puritans tried to kidnap Charles I in an attempt to win a bargaining piece but he escaped and used this 'vile and contemptuous habit' to his advantage. Increasingly concerned, Cromwell's army marched to South during August 1647 and debated proposals of their own with the refugees of the Parliament at York. Charles took this opportunity to negotiate a new agreement with the Scots, again promising church reform on 28 December. This agreement led to the second war. A series of Puritan rebellions and an ambitious offensive by Cromwell's Army in July 1648 took place. However, all were checked by the now powerful royal army under Fairfax, now Duke of Cameron. Parliament's duplicity forced Charles to negotiate with those who still supported his place on the throne. The Cromwellian army, angry that half the Parliament were still considering Charles as a ruler, marched on it and conducted Pride's Purge (the commanding officer was Sir Thomas Pride). 45 MP's were arrested, 146 were kept out of Parliament, and only 75 were allowed in, then only to do the army's bidding. This rump Parliament was ordered to set up a high court of justice in order to try Charles I for treason in the name of the people of England. Charles took action and surrounded the Cromwellian army smashing it to dust, freeing Parliament and enforcing his will upon it. At the Great Trial of Treason in January 1649, hundreds of Puritan leaders were found guilty and were all beheaded on January 30th. Oliver Cromwell led the remnants of the army to Hull where it was picked up by a Swedish navy. Cromwell later fought with distinction in the Swedish-Polish War, but died fatally wounded at Warsaw in 1656. Charles I was then again Sovereign King of England, Scotland and Ireland. His promise to the Scots was never fulfilled and the Church of England was set on par with the Catholic Church...

Actions

A. Be Merciful

• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • State religion is Lollard
  Change religion to Protestant
• Culture in Wales changes to english
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • State religion is Lollard
  Midlands converts to the state religion
• Leader Berwick becomes active
• Leader MacDonald becomes active
• Leader Fitz-James will never be active
• Leader MacDonald will never be active
• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy +2
• Innovativeness +1
• Land +2
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Stability +1

B. Be Vengeful

• Change religion to Catholic
• Culture in Wales changes to english
• Midlands converts to the state religion
• Leader Berwick becomes active
• Leader MacDonald becomes active
• Leader Fitz-James will never be active
• Leader MacDonald will never be active
• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy +4
• Innovativeness -1
• Land +2
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Stability -2

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 3, 1650
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1665)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3344 - Colonial Defense for England

Description

The settlement of a growing number of white people in the colonies brought discontent and hatred both among the natives and the settlers. The English colonists would ignore the natives as long as they could grab their land and would suppress, on false pretexts, all attempts at reaction and redress of wrongs. The French were more conciliatory towards natives, trying to convert and assimilate them into their religion, realm and culture. However, they also sometimes gained the enmity of powerful tribes (such as the Mohawks) by their interference in Indian tribal conflicts and fur trade control. Once in a while, hard-pressed tribe would go on rampage and raid nearby settlements with total savagery, matched equally by the white reprisals.

Actions

A. Oh No!

• Create a colonial revolt in a random province
• Create a colonial revolt in a different random province
• Create a colonial revolt in a different random province

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Oliver Cromwell is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1651
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1651)

Description

Cromwell, Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth promulgated the Act of Navigation in 1651. It was mostly directed against the Dutch carrier trade and provided that all goods shipped to and from England was to be transported on English ships, while also confirming the colonial exclusive policy. The Act directly caused the first Anglo-Dutch war of 1652-1654 and the second in 1665-1667. At the Peace of Breda (1667), New Amsterdam (New York) was exchanged for Surinam (Dutch Guiana) and the Act slightly modified. It nevertheless contributed to the enormous growth in English naval and colonial trade.

Actions

A. Enact

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • England and Netherlands are allied

Effects

• Mercantilism +6
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -50 relations with Sweden
• -50 relations with Denmark
• Trade tech investment: +400
• Event 4136 - The Act of Navigation for Netherlands is triggered immediately

B. The present policy is perfect

• Stability +1

C. Ease the present policy up

• Mercantilism -2
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +50 relations with Sweden
• +50 relations with Denmark
• -200
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3026 - Cromwell and the Republic for England has already occurred

Will happen on May 29, 1660

Description

Cromwell died in 1658. When his son Richard resigned office after only a year, the door was open for political anarchy as the flag of Rebellion was raised for Charles II in exile. Parliament was summoned. The Army started to rumble. A new Lord Protector by the name of John Lambert was suggested, but his role would be more of a military dictator than a protector. The people of good standing were poised with either a plundering army or a coalition between the army and political and religious radicals. A return to Monarchy, even with Bishops and House of Lords, but with guarantees for law and order started to sound like a good alternative. Cromwell's trusted man General Monk walked to London with his Army and Charles II was elected as King in 1660 after giving guarantees for amnesty and army salaries and the role of Parliament.

Actions

A. Restore the Monarchy

• Flag graphics set to default
• +150 relations with France
• +100 relations with Spain
• Aristocracy +2
• Innovativeness +1
• Stability +1

B. Maintain the Republic

• Monarch Charles II will never rule
• Monarch James II will never rule
• Leader York will never be active
• Leader James II will never be active
• -150 relations with France
• -100 relations with Spain
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness -1
• Global revolt risk +3 for 60 months
• Stability -2

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of February 2, 1665
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 2, 1665)

Description

The Great Plague of 1665 was a massive outbreak that killed 75,000 to 100,000 people, up to a fifth of London's population. The disease is generally believed to have been bubonic plague, an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted via a rat vector. Thought to have arrived from the Netherlands on merchant vessels, records state that deaths in London crept up to 1000 persons per week, then 2000 persons per week and, by September 1665, to 7000 persons per week. By late autumn, the death toll began to slow until, in February 1666, it was considered safe enough for the King and his entourage to return to the city. By this time, however, trade with the Continent had spread this outbreak of plague to France, where it died out the following winter. Nonetheless, a fifth of the city had been killed, resulting in an unprecedented loss of infrastructure and trade.

Actions

A. Where to bury all these dead?

• -20% population in Anglia
• -2 base tax value in Anglia
• Revolt risk value in Anglia +2
• Infrastructure tech investment: -250
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of April 2, 1666
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 2, 1666)

Description

The Great Fire of 1666 was arguably the greatest disaster in the history of London, and came at the end of the Great Plague, an outbreak of bubonic plague that killed perhaps hundreds of thousands. The Great Fire is thought to have brought a quicker end to the Plague, largely by killing off any disease-carrying rats and their fleas. It destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, 6 chapels, 44 Company Halls, the Royal Exchange, the Custom House, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall, the Bridewell Palace and other City prisons, the Session House, four bridges across the rivers Thames and Fleet, and three city gates, and made homeless 100,000 people - one sixth of the city's inhabitants at that time. The death toll from the Fire is traditionally thought to have been 16, but a recent book theorises that thousands may have died in the flames or from smoke inhalation. Nevertheless, the entire city had to be rebuilt under the supervision of Sir Christopher Wren in the following years, thatched roofs were banned, and millions of pounds of infrastructure had been lost.

Actions

A. Surely we are cursed?

• -5% population in Anglia
• -4 base tax value in Anglia
• Lose shipyard in Anglia
• Manufactory in Anglia is destroyed
• Fortress level in Anglia -3
• Infrastructure tech investment: -750
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Charles II is active
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1673
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1673)

Description

Charles II was secretly Catholic and his brother James II openly. The Decree of Indulgence issued in 1672 was aimed at relieving the situation for dissenters and Catholics. In addition to personal reasons, any king who supported Catholicism could count on the support from France. In fact, Charles II got his reward in form of a large sum of money in a Treaty closed behind the back of the Parliament. Around the same time Parliament issued the Bill of Test which again excluded dissenting religious groups (including Catholics) from public offices and allowed persecution. The Parliament subsequently raised the issue of excluding the openly Catholic James II from succession rights.

Actions

A. Religious Freedom for All

• Leader York will never be active
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability -2

B. Protestant Supremacy

• Change religion to Reformed
• Leader York will never be active
• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Stability -1

C. Catholic Supremacy

• Change religion to Catholic
• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Stability -3

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1675
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1680)

Description

After what is commonly thought of as the single most disastrous period in the city's history, London had to be rebuilt almost from scratch after the Great Fire and Plague. During the 1670s, 80s and 90s Sir Christopher Wren oversaw the reconstruction of England's devastated capital. 51 churches - including St. Bride's, St. Mary le Bow, St. Clement Danes, St. Benet Paul's Wharf, and St. Stephen Walbrook were built to replace the 87 which had been annihilated by the Fire. In addition, Wren was involved in the design of the Monument to the Great Fire of London, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Chelsea Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, Marlborough House, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the Wren Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, and many other distinguished buildings. Wren died in 1723 and was buried at St. Paul's. An inscription inside his famous cathedral, dedicated to the architect, reads, 'Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice' ('Reader, if you seek a memorial, look around you').

Actions

A. We must rebuild our great city

• +25% population in Anglia
• +8 base tax value in Anglia
• Gain shipyard in Anglia
• Gain Fine Arts Academy in Anglia
• Fortress level in Anglia +1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +3000
• -750
• Stability +3

B. We cannot afford the huge expense

• Center of trade in Anglia closes
• Global revolt risk +3 for 120 months
• -200 victory points
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1675
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1690)

Description

When the English colonists arrived in America they immediately met Native Americans. Slowly they pressed the Natives back and conquered more land to settle. But they did not manage to subjugate the Native American, whom moved deeper into their vast continent. More or less from the outset the colonists where plagued by Indian raids, pillaging and burning their farms and hamlets. The Anglo-French and Anglo-Spanish competition did not make the things easier for the colonists as the French and the Spaniards induced the Natives to raid and sometimes provided guns and leadership. In this situation His Majesty's Government in London had two possibilities. Either to invest in a perimeter defense of forts and garrisons or let the colonials form into militias and solve the defense on their own. The first solution was costly and London rarely viewed it a viable option. However the price London had to pay was a growing self-assurance among the colonists, a self-assurance that would become a serious problem in 1773.

Actions

A. Invest in expensive Perimeter Defense

• Event 3348 - Native Raids for England will never fire
• -800
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1

B. Leave it to the Colonial Militia

• Stability +1

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 3, 1680
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1695)
unless prevented by
Action A of 3345 - Colonial Defense for England

Description

The settlement of white people in North and South American had reached considerable proportions in the 18th century (they were nearly 2.5 million whites in North America at the time). Seeing their hunting and farming grounds taken over by settlers, the few remaining hard-pressed tribes would go on rampage and raid nearby settlements with total savagery, matched equally by the white reprisals.

Actions

A. Oh No!

• Create a colonial revolt in a random province
• Create a colonial revolt in a different random province
• Create a colonial revolt in a different random province

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3026 - Cromwell and the Republic for England has already occurred

Will happen on December 11, 1688

Description

James II came to power in 1685 and needed only three years to spend all of his credibility within Parliament. He openly worked for Catholicism and his own well being and with methods unacceptable for both Tories and Whigs. In 1688 Parliament called for William of Orange to become joint ruler of England together with his wife Maria, who was the Protestant daughter of James II. The marriage paved the way for the throne but also the fact that he was the son of the daughter of Charles I. William III brought 15,000 men but no blood was shed in the Glorious Revolution. For any royalist the problem was obvious

Actions

A. Invite William & Mary to rule

• Flag graphics set to default
• Leader James II will never be active
• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy -4
• Serfdom -2
• Innovativeness +1
• Event 3082 - The Glorious Revolution for Scotland is triggered immediately
• Stability +1

B. Force King James to conform

Conditions

• Monarch James II is active

Effects

• Monarch James III becomes active
• Monarch Charles III becomes active
• Monarch Henry IX becomes active
• Monarch Charlotte * becomes active
• Monarch William & Mary will never rule
• Monarch William III will never rule
• Monarch Anne will never rule
• Monarch George I will never rule
• Monarch George II will never rule
• Monarch George III will never rule
• Monarch George IV will never rule
• Monarch William IV will never rule
• Leader Berwick becomes active
• Leader MacDonald becomes active
• Leader Fitz-James will never be active
• Leader MacDonald will never be active
• Event 3612 - The Hannover Dynasty in England for Hanover will never fire
• Centralization -4
• Aristocracy -3
• Serfdom -2
• Stability -2

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3771 - King Charles and the New Monarchy for England has already occurred

Will happen on December 11, 1688

Description

When Charles I had won the English Civil War he set out persecuting the Puritans many of which moved to the American colonies. He also closed Parliament and ruled by decree which created dissent among most groups in the English society. His son Charles II though fully understood that the moderate Protestants were the key group and he needed them badly. By introducing religious freedom, disqualifying religion as an issue when attaining a governmental post, and creating an ideology of the Monarch as standing above all religious issues he managed to create a feeble truce among Englishmen. As a consequence Charles revived Parliament, but greatly diminished its powers. However, Charles set high standards ensuring fair and regular elections and that every one was equal under law. His brother James was a staunch Catholic and not particular found of the opposition that had deified a lot of his ambitions. James, influenced by the Duke of Tyrconnell and the Earl of Sunderland, had the Tory leader, Earl Danby propose in Parliament that the royal suspension power was to be abolished if Parliament passed a Declaration of Rights. In a masterly executed scheme the Whig leader, Earl Shaftsbury, made the proposal fall. King James was outraged and held a speech in Parliament in forming the Gentlemen that either he would govern as the appointee of God or they pass a redrafted Declaration of Rights. The choice was theirs, theirs alone. Finally after days of negotiation the Parliament accepted what would be called the Bill of Rights creating a division of powers between Parliament, an independent Star Chamber and the king. Parliament would create and pass laws, and control certain taxes as tax of income and wealth, while the king would approve laws and direct the foreign policy, execute wars and control the majority of taxation. Thus the venerable series of events called the 'Glorious Revolution' came to be...

Actions

A. Absolute Monarchy

• Monarch James III becomes active
• Monarch Charles III becomes active
• Monarch Henry IX becomes active
• Monarch Charlotte * becomes active
• Monarch William & Mary will never rule
• Monarch William III will never rule
• Monarch Anne will never rule
• Monarch George I will never rule
• Monarch George II will never rule
• Monarch George III will never rule
• Monarch George IV will never rule
• Monarch William IV will never rule
• Centralization +5
• Aristocracy +4
• Innovativeness -3
• Serfdom +2
• Event 3038 - The Hanoverian Succession for England will never fire
• Event 3612 - The Hannover Dynasty in England for Hanover will never fire
• Stability -1

B. Constitutional Monarchy

• Monarch James III becomes active
• Monarch Charles III becomes active
• Monarch Henry IX becomes active
• Monarch Charlotte * becomes active
• Monarch William & Mary will never rule
• Monarch William III will never rule
• Monarch Anne will never rule
• Monarch George I will never rule
• Monarch George II will never rule
• Monarch George III will never rule
• Monarch George IV will never rule
• Monarch William IV will never rule
• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy +2
• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom -1
• Event 3038 - The Hanoverian Succession for England will never fire
• Event 3612 - The Hannover Dynasty in England for Hanover will never fire
• Stability +2

England — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1690
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1700)

Description

The Bank of England was founded in 1694. It soon enjoyed a reputation of seriousness and reliability, in particular regarding the credibility of the English Pound Sterling, in a time where most other currencies were at the mercy of state bankruptcies and coinage debasement. This stability was preponderant in the slowly but constantly increasing domination of the world economy by Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. It also allowed a greater flexibility to the British government in raising funds for warfare.

Actions

A. National Loans at 500 ducats

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in the capital province
• Size of loans changed to 500 ducats
• -2% inflation
• Stability +2

B. National Loans at 200 ducats

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in the capital province
• Size of loans changed to 200 ducats
• -5% inflation
• Stability +2

C. National Loans at 800 ducats

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in the capital province
• Size of loans changed to 800 ducats
• +3% inflation
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Scotland is a vassal of England
  • Scotland is in a union with England
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Own Lothian
    • Own Strathclyde
    • The following must not occur:
      • Scotland exists

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1700
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

In the midst of the Spanish Succession War (1700-1713), the Parliament voted the Act of Union in 1707. When confirmed by the Scottish vote, it established the Union of Scotland and England (and its Irish possessions) under the same monarch into one realm under the title of Great Britain. A new flag, the Union Jack was adopted as a symbol of the Union.

Actions

A. We are Great Britain

• Flag graphics extension set to "GBR"
• Set country name to Great Britain
• Inherit the realms of Scotland
• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• The Highlands will be considered a national province
• The Grampians will be considered a national province
• Lothian will be considered a national province
• Strathclyde will be considered a national province
• Stability +2

B. A personal union is enough

• Gain an alliance with Scotland
• +200 relations with Scotland
• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy +1
• Event 3582 - The Second Act of Union for England will never fire
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Own Gibraltar
• Control Gibraltar

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1700
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

The idea of a Royal Navy attack on Gibraltar was an old one. The 'Rock' had previously caught the attention of Oliver Cromwell, and both William III's and Queen Anne's ministers had earmarked it for future invasions. The Moors had previously shown interest in the region and fortified it with a castle, the ruins of which still remained when Gibraltar was finally captured by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Admiral George Rooke in August 1704. Gibraltar's strategic importance has given it a long and turbulent history and an influence on world events out of all proportion to its size and population.

Actions

A. The 'Rock' is ours!

• Change the city name in Gibraltar to Gibraltar
• Culture in Gibraltar changes to english
• Fortress level in Gibraltar +1
• Gibraltar converts to the state religion

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Anne is active

Will happen on August 2, 1714
unless prevented by
Action A, B of 3032 - The Glorious Revolution for England

Description

The 1701 Act of Establishment had been voted to regulate the succession to the throne, ensuring no Catholic dynasty would ever rule England. When the personal union with the Dutch Republic had ended in 1702 on the death of William of Orange, his sister-in-law Queen Anne (1702-1714) reigned but failed to provide a surviving legitimate heir. Thus, on her death the crown went to Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover (1714-1727), the closest Protestant heir by descent of James I. He and his son Georg August (1727-1760) were German born and would always follow closely the fate of their Electorate, making it in fact if not in law a vassal of the new kingdom of Great Britain. To many people however, the alternative had been there from the beginning: Anne's younger half-brother, the exiled James Stuart, Prince of Wales...

Actions

A. The Elector of Hanover

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed

Effects

• Gain an alliance with Hanover
• +200 relations with Hanover
• Stability +1
• Event 3612 - The Hannover Dynasty in England for Hanover is triggered immediately

B. The Prince of Wales

• Monarch James III becomes active
• Monarch Charles III becomes active
• Monarch Henry IX becomes active
• Monarch Charlotte * becomes active
• Monarch George I will never rule
• Monarch George II will never rule
• Monarch George III will never rule
• Monarch George IV will never rule
• Monarch William IV will never rule
• Leader Berwick becomes active
• Leader MacDonald becomes active
• Leader Fitz-James will never be active
• Leader MacDonald will never be active
• +150 relations with France
• -300 relations with Hanover
• Stability -1
• Event 25017 - The Stuart Dynasty in England for Hanover is triggered immediately

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch George I is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1715
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1720)

Description

This rebellion of the Jacobite cause led by the Earl of Mar began in 1715. By the end of September, most of the Highlands were in his control and his army numbered some 5,000 with more appearing daily. But all this was done without even notifying the king they were claiming to support. The Old Pretender, King James III, was not even aware of the situation as of yet. Word was sent to the king, and the size of the force continued to grow. The Earl, with his growing army, moved to Perth and established his base there after taking the city. Meanwhile another Jacobite army was forming to the south, The Old Pretender hearing the news began to make preparations for his trip to Scotland and his crowning. By early November, the northern Jacobite army numbered some 12,000, mostly Clansmen from the Highlands. The Earl then decided to march south where he soon met the army of the Duke of Argyll, the only remaining government troops in Scotland. The Jacobite forces were mismanaged and split. The southern army marched south to raise Lancashire instead of turning on the Duke of Argyll's flank, while a much smaller force under the Duke defeated the larger northern army of the Jacobites at Sherrrifmuir on November 13th. The southern army was also met and defeated at Preston by other government forces in England. The Jacobites were forced to retreat to Perth, while still waiting for their leader to arrive. The Old Pretender finally arrived in Scotland on the 22nd of December after leaving fittingly enough from Dunkirk. But the matter was already settled, as the Duke of Argyll was already receiving reinforcements of experienced troops and was preparing an overwhelming force to march north. The King, James III, was again forced to retreat after spending a dismal six weeks in Scotland.

Actions

A. We will smash them!

• Leader Cumberland becomes active
• Global revolt risk +3 for 24 months
• -150 relations with France
• The Highlands revolts
• The Grampians revolts
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch George I is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1721
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1722)

Description

Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (1676-1745) was appointed War Minister in 1708. Compromised in many scandals, he loses his functions but is recalled upon the advent of the Hanoverian dynasty. He fervent partisan of European overall peace and balance, he dominated English political life from 1721 to 1742, as First Lord and Exchequer, a Prime Minister in fact if not in title.

Actions

A. An Excellent Minister!

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill +3 for 240 months
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Conditions

• Spain exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Relations with Spain are at 100 or higher

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1737
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1740)

Description

The War of Jenkins's Ear (which merged into the War of the Austrian Succession) was the result, amongst other things, of a minor, alleged confrontation between Spanish Guarda Costas and the Captain and crew of the Glasgow brig 'Rebecca' in 1731. Captain Jenkins claimed that, whilst in the Caribbean, his ship had been boarded by the Guarda Costa and his crew maltreated, and that the Spaniards had then cut off one of his ears. Additionally, he claimed he was tortured and threatened with death. There were no major actions fought during this war, although the declaration of war led to the dispatch of Anson's squadron to attack the coast of South America, and to finally circumnavigate the globe, and Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet attacked Spanish territory in the Caribbean.

Actions

A. Use it as an excuse for War

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 24 months
• -150 relations with Spain
• Stability +1

B. Try not to sever relations too much

• -50 relations with Spain
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch George II is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1741
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1741)

Description

The Pragmatic Sanction, solemnly rendered by Emperor Charles VI on 19th April 1713, established the indivisibility of the Habsburg patrimony, and ruled the order of succession by order of first born child, even to a woman. This made Maria-Theresa, born in 1717, the heir of the Empire. The Pragmatic Sanction was recognized by Spain in 1725 (confirmed in 1731), Russia in 1726, Prussia in 1728, the United Provinces in 1731, Hanover in 1732, the Heiliges Reich (except Bavaria) in 1732 and France in 1738 only. Bavarian refusal would lead to the War of the Austrian Succession.

Actions

A. Pro-Habsburg

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 36 months
• -150 relations with Bavaria
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Austria
• Stability +1

B. Neutral

• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Prussia
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Netherlands
• -50 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Hanover
• -100 relations with Austria
• Stability -1
• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 12 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 12 months

C. Anti-Habsburg

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 12 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Russia for 12 months
• +150 relations with Bavaria
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with France
• -150 relations with Netherlands
• -150 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Hesse
• +100 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Austria
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch James III is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1741
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1741)

Description

The Pragmatic Sanction, solemnly rendered by Emperor Charles VI on 19th April 1713, established the indivisibility of the Habsburg patrimony, and ruled the order of succession by order of first born child, even to a woman. This made Maria-Theresa, born in 1717, the heir of the Empire. The Pragmatic Sanction was recognized by Spain in 1725 (confirmed in 1731), Russia in 1726, Prussia in 1728, the United Provinces in 1731, Hanover in 1732, the Heiliges Reich (except Bavaria) in 1732 and France in 1738 only. Bavarian refusal would lead to the War of the Austrian Succession.

Actions

A. Anti-Habsburg

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Russia for 36 months
• Stability -1
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with France
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -150 relations with Russia
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Austria

B. Neutral

• Stability +2
• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Prussia
• +50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Hanover
• +100 relations with Austria

C. Pro-Habsburg

• Stability -2
• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 12 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 12 months
• -100 relations with Bavaria
• -100 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with France
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +100 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Austria

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch George II is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1745
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1750)

Description

In 1745, the war of the Austrian Succession was raging in Europe. England had most of her troops busy in the Austrian Netherlands. The time seemed ripe for Charles-Edward Stuart (1720-1788) to boldly land in Scotland. He and his Jacobite supporters managed to beat an English army at Prestonpans on October 2nd, 1745 and entered Edinburgh where he had his father James recognized as King of Scotland. At the head of a small army, he then invaded England as far as Derby, but had to retreat when promised French support did not materialized (the intended landing of French troops had failed). Caught up by the British army under Cumberland (recalled from the Low Countries), he is soundly defeated at Culloden on 16th April, 1746. This was the best shot the Stuarts ever got to reclaim the throne, but the rash young prince did not listen to the sober advice of his Generals, thus forever burying the Stuart cause.

Actions

A. We will smash them!

• Culture in The Grampians changes to english
• Global revolt risk +5 for 24 months
• -150 relations with France
• The Highlands revolts
• The Highlands revolts
• The Grampians revolts
• Lothian revolts
• Stability +1

B. The Stuarts take back the throne!

• Monarch James III becomes active
• Monarch Charles III becomes active
• Monarch Henry IX becomes active
• Monarch Charlotte * becomes active
• Monarch George III will never rule
• Monarch George IV will never rule
• Monarch William IV will never rule
• Leader MacDonald becomes active
• Leader MacDonald will never be active
• Global revolt risk +3 for 60 months
• +150 relations with France
• -300 relations with Hanover
• Break vassalization of Hanover
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Howrah
  • Own Odisa
  • Own Berhampur
  • Own Palakimedi
  • Own Yanam
  • Own Madras
  • Own Pondicherry
  • Own Cochin
  • Own Trivandrum
  • Own Mangalore
  • Own Kerala
  • Own Bombay
  • Own Goa

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1750
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1760)

Description

Created two years before its Dutch equivalent, the English East India Company had a difficult start. Its first trading posts in the Moluccas (Amboina) and Indonesia were soon overwhelmed and closed by the Dutch and activity concentrated to India (Madras, Bombay, Calcutta). It is there that she would know its greatest success, from a small trading ventures of harbor factories to the large Indian Empire build by Warren Hastings and Robert Clive (from 1757 onwards) that would control most of the Indian subcontinent. The company would outlast all its competitors and would only be taken over by the British government in 1867, in the wake of the great Sepoy revolt of 1857.

Actions

A. We will exploit this!

• Trade tech investment: +2000
• Gain Goods Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Refinery in a random province
• +6 merchants
• +500
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch George II is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1757
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1758)

Description

William Pitt, 'the first Pitt' (1708-1778), was the grandson of the Governor of Madras. Initially destined for a military career, he became a deputy in the Commons, member of the Whigs and an ardent patriot. Striving to give England a world maritime empire, he leads the coalition government of 1757 despite the profound hatred of George II and obtained decisive results in Canada and India. His departure in 1763 saved France from the toughest clauses of the Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years War. Back to power in 1766-1778 despite his poor health, he advocated war against France in 1778.

Actions

A. An Excellent Minister!

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +4 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill +3 for 240 months
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3346 - Native Raids for England has already occurred
  • Event 3347 - Native Raids for England has already occurred
  • Event 3348 - Native Raids for England has already occurred

Will happen within 1800 days of January 2, 1760
Checked again every 1800 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1765)

Description

As the English colonists in America had to fend for themselves against Indians, French and Spanish troops there evolved a certain kind of self-assurance, a pride of their own. They started to get a self-identity that was not English but American. This fact would increase the fire of the American Revolution in the 1770's.

Actions

A. Ok

• Revolt risk value in Savannah +2
• Revolt risk value in Carolina +2
• Revolt risk value in Santee +2
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke +2
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake +2
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna +2
• Revolt risk value in Delaware +2
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan +2
• Revolt risk value in Catskill +2
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak +2
• Revolt risk value in Sebago +2
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut +2
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts +2

England — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 10 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • United States exists

Will happen within 350 days of January 2, 1765
Checked again every 350 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1766)

Description

In 1765-1767 the British Parliament issues the Stamp tax and numerous tolls in the American Colonies. It is view appropriate that the colonists pay for the high costs of the Seven Years War or The French and Indian Wars as it is known in America. The colonists however react spontaneously. The Congress of Massachusetts expresses a sharp protest, which is seconded by many other colonies. The most important of the agitators are Samuel Adams, who creates the 'Sons of Liberty' in Boston, and the lawyer Patrick Henry. His Majesty's government decides to send troops to America and order the Governors to dissolve the congresses of the colonies. This increases the revolutionary tendencies further...

Actions

A. Stamp tax and Tolls

• Revolt risk value in Savannah +2
• Revolt risk value in Carolina +2
• Revolt risk value in Santee +2
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke +2
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake +2
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna +2
• Revolt risk value in Delaware +2
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan +2
• Revolt risk value in Catskill +2
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak +2
• Revolt risk value in Sebago +2
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut +2
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts +2
• Event 4980 - Effect of regressive tax policies in North America for England is triggered immediately

B. Stamp tax, Defense tax and Tolls

• Revolt risk value in Savannah +5
• Revolt risk value in Carolina +5
• Revolt risk value in Santee +5
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke +5
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake +5
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna +5
• Revolt risk value in Delaware +5
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan +5
• Revolt risk value in Catskill +5
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak +5
• Revolt risk value in Sebago +5
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut +5
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts +5
• +50 victory points
• +500
• Stability -1
• Event 4980 - Effect of regressive tax policies in North America for England is triggered immediately

C. More Taxes in England

• Revolt risk value in Connaught +2
• Revolt risk value in Ulster +2
• Revolt risk value in Meath +2
• Revolt risk value in Leinster +2
• Revolt risk value in Munster +2
• Revolt risk value in The Highlands +2
• Revolt risk value in The Grampians +2
• Revolt risk value in Lothian +2
• Revolt risk value in Strathclyde +2
• Revolt risk value in Northumberland +2
• Revolt risk value in Yorkshire +2
• Revolt risk value in Lancashire +2
• Revolt risk value in Wales +2
• Revolt risk value in Midlands +2
• Revolt risk value in Lincoln +2
• Revolt risk value in Bristol +2
• Revolt risk value in Anglia +2
• Revolt risk value in Kent +2
• Revolt risk value in Wessex +2
• Revolt risk value in Cornwall +2
• -100 victory points

England — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 10 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • United States exists
• Event 4980 - Effect of regressive tax policies in North America for England has already occurred

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1770
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1771)

Description

Lord North has come to power in Britain and immediately abolishes the hated tolls in America, with one exception-The Tea Toll. The reason is to underscore the right of the British Parliament to pass laws. This retreat though comes too late. The struggle against the tolls have become a struggle for constitutional rights and when bloodshed occur in Boston, in what have been called the Boston Massacre, the tension is at maximum level.

Actions

A. Abolish all Tolls, but the Tea Toll

• Revolt risk value in Savannah +3
• Revolt risk value in Carolina +3
• Revolt risk value in Santee +3
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke +3
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake +3
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna +3
• Revolt risk value in Delaware +3
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan +3
• Revolt risk value in Catskill +3
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak +3
• Revolt risk value in Sebago +3
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut +3
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts +3
• -500
• Stability -2
• Event 4981 - Effect of regressive tax policies in North America for England is triggered immediately

B. Keep all Tolls

• Revolt risk value in Savannah +8
• Revolt risk value in Carolina +8
• Revolt risk value in Santee +8
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke +8
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake +8
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna +8
• Revolt risk value in Delaware +8
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan +8
• Revolt risk value in Catskill +8
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak +8
• Revolt risk value in Sebago +8
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut +8
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts +8
• +100 victory points
• Stability +1
• Event 4981 - Effect of regressive tax policies in North America for England is triggered immediately

C. Abolish all Tolls

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -7
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -7
• Revolt risk value in Santee -7
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -7
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -7
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -7
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -7
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -7
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -7
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -7
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -7
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -7
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -7
• -100 victory points
• -800
• Stability -4

England — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 10 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • United States exists
• Event 4981 - Effect of regressive tax policies in North America for England has already occurred

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1775)

Description

Following the closure of Boston harbor in 1773, there were skirmishes at Lexington and Concord in 1775, and an attempted invasion of British Canada late in 1775. The lack of compromise from the British and the spirit of the Sons of Liberty on the colonial side led to the meeting of a Continental Congress which issued the Declaration of Independence on 4th July, 1776. The United States of America were born and would endure nearly 7 years of guerrilla and regular warfare, with its lot of betrayal, unrest, torn-families, defeats and victories (Saratoga 1777, bringing in the French alliance in 1778, and Yorktown 1781) that would finally lead England to concede defeat, lose all the territory of her former 13 colonies, and recognize the American independence at the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

Actions

A. Revoke the Constitutional Freedom of the Colonies

• Revolt risk value in Savannah +10
• Revolt risk value in Alabama +10
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany +10
• Revolt risk value in Carolina +10
• Revolt risk value in Santee +10
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke +10
• Revolt risk value in Catawba +10
• Revolt risk value in Appalache +10
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake +10
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan +10
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora +10
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna +10
• Revolt risk value in Delaware +10
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan +10
• Revolt risk value in Catskill +10
• Revolt risk value in Oswego +10
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk +10
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga +10
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak +10
• Revolt risk value in Sebago +10
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut +10
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts +10
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot +10
• Revolt risk value in Bangor +10
• American Rebels revolt in Susquehanna
• American Rebels revolt in Delaware
• American Rebels revolt in Manhattan
• American Rebels revolt in Connecticut
• American Rebels revolt in Massachussetts
• American Rebels revolt in Massachussetts
• Centralization +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Aristocracy +1
• -100 relations with France

B. Install British Administration and Judges

• Revolt risk value in Savannah +16
• Revolt risk value in Alabama +16
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany +16
• Revolt risk value in Carolina +16
• Revolt risk value in Santee +16
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke +16
• Revolt risk value in Catawba +16
• Revolt risk value in Appalache +16
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake +16
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan +16
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora +16
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna +16
• Revolt risk value in Delaware +16
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan +16
• Revolt risk value in Catskill +16
• Revolt risk value in Oswego +16
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk +16
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga +16
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak +16
• Revolt risk value in Sebago +16
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut +16
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts +16
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot +16
• Revolt risk value in Bangor +16
• American Rebels revolt in Connecticut
• American Rebels revolt in Massachussetts
• American Rebels revolt in Massachussetts
• American Rebels revolt in Massachussetts
• American Rebels revolt in Chesapeake
• American Rebels revolt in Susquehanna
• American Rebels revolt in Susquehanna
• American Rebels revolt in Delaware
• American Rebels revolt in Manhattan
• American Rebels revolt in Manhattan
• Centralization +3
• Innovativeness -3
• Aristocracy +2
• -150 relations with France
• Stability +1

C. Start Negotiations for Self-Determination

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -15
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -15
• Revolt risk value in Santee -15
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -15
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -15
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -15
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -15
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -15
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -15
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -15
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -15
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -15
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -15
• Centralization -2
• Innovativeness +1
• Aristocracy -3
• +50 relations with France
• Stability -3

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 4984 - The Treaty of Paris for England has already occurred

Will happen within 5400 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 5400 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1788)

Description

The American Revolution shattered the British Empire in North America. The conflict was rooted in British attempts to assert economic control in her American colonies after her costly victory over the French during the Seven Years War. When protests and riots met the British attempts to impose taxes on the colonists, the British responded with political and military force. Out of the struggle between the Thirteen Colonies and their mother country emerged two nations: the United States and what would later become Canada. Not all of the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies opposed Britain. The United Empire Loyalists were those colonists who remained faithful to the Crown and wished to continue living in the New World. Therefore, they left their homes to settle eventually in what remained of British North America.

Actions

A. Loyalists we welcome you!

• Change the city name in Niagara to Fort Malden
• +1 base tax value in Niagara
• +15% population in Niagara
• Culture in Niagara changes to english
• Change the city name in Nipissing to Sudbury
• +1 base tax value in Nipissing
• +15% population in Nipissing
• Culture in Nipissing changes to english
• Change the city name in Oshawa to York
• +2 base tax value in Oshawa
• +25% population in Oshawa
• Culture in Oshawa changes to english
• Change the city name in Huron to Kingston
• +2 base tax value in Huron
• +25% population in Huron
• Culture in Huron changes to english
• +1 base tax value in Megantic
• +15% population in Megantic
• +1 base tax value in Hochelaga
• +15% population in Hochelaga
• Change the city name in Ottawa to Ottawa
• +2 base tax value in Ottawa
• +25% population in Ottawa
• Culture in Ottawa changes to english
• +1 base tax value in Laurentia
• +15% population in Laurentia
• +1 base tax value in Shawinigan
• +15% population in Shawinigan
• +1 base tax value in Stadacone
• +15% population in Stadacone
• +1 base tax value in Bas St-Laurent
• +15% population in Bas St-Laurent
• Change the city name in Micmac to Fredericks
• +1 base tax value in Micmac
• +15% population in Micmac
• Culture in Micmac changes to english
• Change the city name in Gaspésie to Gaspay
• +1 base tax value in Gaspésie
• +15% population in Gaspésie
• Culture in Gaspésie changes to english
• Change the city name in Acadie to Amherst
• +2 base tax value in Acadie
• +25% population in Acadie
• Culture in Acadie changes to english
• Change the city name in Nova Scotia to Halifax
• +2 base tax value in Nova Scotia
• +25% population in Nova Scotia
• Culture in Nova Scotia changes to english
• Gain Goods Manufactory in a random province in Québec
• Gain Weapons Manufactory in a random province in Great Lakes
• Stability +2

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 4983 - The Treaty of Paris for England has already occurred

Will happen within 5400 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 5400 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1788)

Description

The American Revolution shattered the British Empire in North America. The conflict was rooted in British attempts to assert economic control in her American colonies after her costly victory over the French during the Seven Years War. When protests and riots met the British attempts to impose taxes on the colonists, the British responded with political and military force. Out of the struggle between the Thirteen Colonies and their mother country emerged two nations: the United States and what would later become Canada. Not all of the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies opposed Britain. The United Empire Loyalists were those colonists who remained faithful to the Crown and wished to continue living in the New World. Therefore, they left their homes to settle eventually in what remained of British North America.

Actions

A. Loyalists we welcome you!

• Change the city name in Niagara to Fort Malden
• +1 base tax value in Niagara
• +15% population in Niagara
• Culture in Niagara changes to english
• Change the city name in Nipissing to Sudbury
• +1 base tax value in Nipissing
• +15% population in Nipissing
• Culture in Nipissing changes to english
• Change the city name in Oshawa to York
• +2 base tax value in Oshawa
• +25% population in Oshawa
• Culture in Oshawa changes to english
• Change the city name in Huron to Kingston
• +2 base tax value in Huron
• +25% population in Huron
• Culture in Huron changes to english
• Change the city name in Ottawa to Ottawa
• +2 base tax value in Ottawa
• +25% population in Ottawa
• Culture in Ottawa changes to english
• Change the city name in Acadie to Amherst
• +2 base tax value in Acadie
• +25% population in Acadie
• Culture in Acadie changes to english
• Change the city name in Nova Scotia to Halifax
• +2 base tax value in Nova Scotia
• +25% population in Nova Scotia
• Culture in Nova Scotia changes to english
• Gain Goods Manufactory in a random province in Québec
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 4982 - The Continental Congress Succeeds for England has already occurred
  • Event 4986 - The Continental Congress Fails for England has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • United States exists

Will happen within 0 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

We have completely destroyed the American tax rebellion.

Actions

A. Great!

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -35
• Revolt risk value in Alabama -35
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany -35
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -35
• Revolt risk value in Santee -35
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -35
• Revolt risk value in Catawba -35
• Revolt risk value in Appalache -35
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -35
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan -35
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora -35
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -35
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -35
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -35
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -35
• Revolt risk value in Oswego -35
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk -35
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga -35
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -35
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -35
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -35
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -35
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot -35
• Revolt risk value in Bangor -35
• +400 victory points
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 4994 - The Treaty of Paris for United States has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • United States and England are at war

Will happen within 0 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

We have failed to destroy the American rebellion, but still control much of our territory. However, we have made terms with their diplomats.

Actions

A. OK

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -35
• Revolt risk value in Alabama -35
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany -35
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -35
• Revolt risk value in Santee -35
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -35
• Revolt risk value in Catawba -35
• Revolt risk value in Appalache -35
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -35
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan -35
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora -35
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -35
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -35
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -35
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -35
• Revolt risk value in Oswego -35
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk -35
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga -35
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -35
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -35
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -35
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -35
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot -35
• Revolt risk value in Bangor -35
• -200 victory points
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 4995 - The Treaty of Paris for United States has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • United States and England are at war

Will happen within 0 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

We have failed to destroy the American rebellion and have made a humiliating peace with their diplomats.

Actions

A. Oh no!

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -35
• Revolt risk value in Alabama -35
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany -35
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -35
• Revolt risk value in Santee -35
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -35
• Revolt risk value in Catawba -35
• Revolt risk value in Appalache -35
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -35
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan -35
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora -35
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -35
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -35
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -35
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -35
• Revolt risk value in Oswego -35
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk -35
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga -35
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -35
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -35
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -35
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -35
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot -35
• Revolt risk value in Bangor -35
• Cede Illinois to United States
• Cede Miamis to United States
• Cede Erie to United States
• Cede Hindua to United States
• Cede Fox to United States
• Cede Milwaukee to United States
• Cede Mesabi to United States
• Cede Duluth to United States
• Cede Wisconsin to United States
• Cede Oskosh to United States
• Cede Michilimakinak to United States
• Cede Detroit to United States
• Cede Irondekoit to United States
• Cede Sault to United States
• Cede Biloxi to Spain
• Cede Mobile to Spain
• Cede Tallahassee to Spain
• Cede Seminole to Spain
• Cede Everglades to Spain
• -400 victory points
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch George III is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1783
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1784)

Description

William Pitt was the second son of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham. In December 1783, King George III took the opportunity to dismiss the coalition and asked the 24-year-old Pitt to form a government. When Parliament reassembled in January 1784, the government was at once defeated by 39 votes on a virtual motion of censure, but Pitt refused to resign, and gradually the coalition's majority in Parliament began to crumble. By March 8 the majority against him was one vote, and on March 25 Parliament was dissolved. In 1788 he signed the Triple Alliance between Britain, Prussia, and Holland, thereby ensuring that in a future war his country would not be bereft of allies as it had been during the American Revolution. In 1790 he demonstrated Britain's renewed power and prestige by negotiating a peace between Austria and Turkey. In 1784 he passed his own India Act, creating a board of control regulating Indian affairs and the East India Company. Finally, in 1791 the Canada Constitutional Act was passed. London became responsible for the government of both Lower and Upper Canada, but both provinces were given representative assemblies.

Actions

A. An Excellent Minister!

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +4 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill +3 for 240 months
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Event 4982 - The Continental Congress Succeeds for England has already occurred

Will happen within 1800 days of January 2, 1785
Checked again every 1800 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1790)

Description

Our North American subjects have come to accept the reasonable policies of His Majesty's government and no longer threaten to revolt against us.

Actions

A. We won the Struggle!

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -35
• Revolt risk value in Alabama -35
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany -35
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -35
• Revolt risk value in Santee -35
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -35
• Revolt risk value in Catawba -35
• Revolt risk value in Appalache -35
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -35
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan -35
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora -35
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -35
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -35
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -35
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -35
• Revolt risk value in Oswego -35
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk -35
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga -35
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -35
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -35
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -35
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -35
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot -35
• Revolt risk value in Bangor -35
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • United States exists

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1790
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1791)

Description

As the British won what they call 'The War of American Rebellion' hostilities dragged on. Heavily occupied by British troops isolated insurrectionists held on to the flag of freedom with guerrilla attacks. The British Government though took certain measures, making all colonists British citizens and all territories of His Majesty's Government equal in rights and power. Most so-called 'Americans' still felt themselves being different from the average Londoner, but King George's rule was just and fair. Slowly the insurrectionists attacks started to strike back at themselves as ordinary people started to view them as brigands. In pace with their failure to get support they become more radical and when the French Revolution appeared they happily picked up that ideology of violence and hatred. The Reign of Terror in France and the British problems in Quebec quickly made ordinary people to flock to the English banners. The British Government seized the initiative and issued the Act of the North American Union. All colonies would now become province with their own parliament fully empowered for local governance. The same would be true for the Motherland. The British Government in London and the Grand Parliament would now also accept and include members from the North American Union. This decision was very successful and with the power of the New World behind her back London could much direct the decisions of the Congress of Vienna in 1801.

Actions

A. We won the Struggle!

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -35
• Revolt risk value in Alabama -35
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany -35
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -35
• Revolt risk value in Santee -35
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -35
• Revolt risk value in Catawba -35
• Revolt risk value in Appalache -35
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -35
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan -35
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora -35
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -35
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -35
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -35
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -35
• Revolt risk value in Oswego -35
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk -35
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga -35
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -35
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -35
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -35
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -35
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot -35
• Revolt risk value in Bangor -35
• +400 victory points
• Stability +3

England — Not random

Conditions

• France exists

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1797
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1797)

Description

The first coalition of anti-French states, consisting of Britain, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Holland, and Austria, disintegrated by 1796. A British expeditionary force to aid Flanders and Holland was defeated, and Holland was occupied by the French. By 1797 the cost of maintaining its own forces and subsidizing those of its European allies had brought Britain to the verge of bankruptcy. For a time the Bank of England suspended payments in cash.

Actions

A. Issue the Act

• Size of loans changed to 200 ducats
• -5% inflation
• Stability +1

B. Don't issue the Act

• Infrastructure tech investment: +1000
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• United States exists
• At least 3 of the following must be true:
  • Own Connaught
  • Own Ulster
  • Own Meath
  • Own Leinster
  • Own Munster
• None of the following must occur:
  • Ireland exists
  • State religion is Catholic
  • State religion is Counter-Reform Catholic

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1798
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1808)

Description

Wolfe Tone's rebellion, often referred to as the Irish Rebellion of 1798, was a significant uprising against British rule in Ireland led by Theobald Wolfe Tone, an Irish nationalist and founding member of the United Irishmen. The rebellion, inspired by the ideals of the French and American Revolutions, was driven by a desire for Irish independence and received financial and military backing from both those Republics. It began in May 1798 and included various uprisings across Ireland, with Wexford (Leinster) and Mayo (Connacht) being particular hotbeds of dissent. However, despite some initial successes such as at Castlebar in August 1798, the rebellion faced a brutal British response, marked by atrocities on both sides. Ultimately, British forces - along with their Irish loyalist allies - suppressed the rebellion, leading to its defeat by the autumn of 1798 and Ireland's formal union with Great Britain in 1801. Wolfe Tone was captured, tried for treason, and died by suicide in prison. Whilst the rebellion failed in its immediate goal of achieving Irish independence, it left a lasting legacy and contributed to the broader struggle for Irish self-determination in the years that followed.

Actions

A. Crush the Irish!

• Connaught revolts
• Connaught revolts
• Leinster revolts
• Leinster revolts
• -150 relations with France
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Own Johor
• Control Johor

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1800
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)

Description

In 1818, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the British colony at Bencoolen. Raffles believed that the British should find a way to challenge the dominance of the Dutch in the area. The trade route between China and British India passed through the Malacca Strait, and with the growing trade with China, that route would become increasingly important. However, the Dutch had tight control over the trade in the region and intended to enforce the exclusive rights of its company ships to trade, and that trade should be conducted at its East Indies home port of Batavia. British trading ships were heavily taxed at Dutch ports, stifling British trade in the region. Raffles reasoned that the way to challenge the Dutch was to establish a new port in the region. Existing British ports were not in a strategic enough position to become major trading centres. Penang was too far north of the southern narrow part of Straits of Malacca controlled by the Dutch, whereas Bencoolen faced the Indian Ocean near the Sunda Strait, a much less important area as it is too far away from the main trading routes of the East Indies. Many other possible sites were either controlled by the Dutch, or had other problems. The choice of Singapore - which had once been known as Temasek and later Singapura - was decided upon because of its position at the southern tip of the Malay peninsula, near the Straits of Malacca, and its excellent natural harbor, fresh water supplies, and timber for repairing ships.

Actions

A. Establish a foothold in the Indies

• Johor becomes a center of trade
• Center of trade in Malacca closes
• Change the city name in Johor to Singapore
• Gain shipyard in Johor
• Fortress level in Johor +1
• +2 base tax value in Johor
• -500

B. Let the local sultans run the show

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Johor exists

Effects

• Grant independence to Johor as a vassal
• -50 victory points

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3037 - The Act of Union for England has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Ireland is a vassal of England
  • Ireland is in a union with England
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Own Ulster
    • Own Meath
    • The following must not occur:
      • Ireland exists

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1800
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1837)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3037 - The Act of Union for England

Description

Following the Acts of Union of 1707 in which the ancient kingdoms of England and Scotland were merged into a single realm of Great Britain, the situation in the adjacent kingdom of Ireland remained somewhat convoluted. Whilst legally a separate realm, Ireland had for centuries been governed from Dublin Castle by representatives of the English (and later British) crown, whilst also maintaining its own ancient Parliament - albeit one effectively subordinate to the Parliament in Westminster. By the late 18th century, however, Ireland had revised its constitution in order to assert greater independence from London, and the growing issue of a tiny Anglo-Irish Protestant minority ruling over a large Irish (and Gaelic) Catholic majority had come to the fore. The final straw came in 1798, when the Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone enlisted French support and incited rebellion across Ireland. The combined threat of domestic rebellion and foreign invasion brought home to the British establishment just how exposed the country was via the Irish 'back door', and - combined with the growing influence of prominent Catholics demanding emancipation - prompted the end of the old Irish kingdom and its subsequent union with Great Britain. The Act of Union itself was passed in 1800 but took effect in 1801, and henceforth Great Britain and Ireland would together be known as the United Kingdom, and a new flag design incorporating St. Patrick's saltire was adopted.

Actions

A. We are the United Kingdom

• Flag graphics extension set to "UK"
• Set country name to United Kingdom
• celtic will become an accepted culture
• Inherit the realms of Ireland
• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Connaught will be considered a national province
• Ulster will be considered a national province
• Meath will be considered a national province
• Leinster will be considered a national province
• Munster will be considered a national province
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• All of the following must be true for :
  • Monarch Napoléon I is active
• Control Ile de France

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1809
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1821)

Description

Many countries had viewed the French revolution with neutral mistrust or eager interest, but with the Reign of Terror and the Execution of King Louis most countries became abhorred. The New Republic and its ideas undermined the 'Old Order' that existed in most European countries. Those several alliances were set up to restore the Bourbons to the French Throne, crush the revolution and get Europe back to normal again. This succeeded in 1814 and again in 1815 when foreign armies brought Louis XVIII on the throne. Louis XVIII was the brother of the Executed King Louis of France and in early life was known as the Comte de Provence. He remained in Paris after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but escaped to Flanders two years later. After King Louis' execution in 1793 he proclaimed himself regent, and after the death of his brother's heir in 1795, he took the title Louis XVIII. He lived as an exile in various European countries until he became king after Napoleon's first abdication in 1814. On Napoleon's return to power in 1815, however, Louis again fled to Flanders.

Actions

A. The Bourbons are reinstalled

• +500 victory points
• +500
• +200 relations with France
• Stability +3
• Event 3785 - The Restoration of the French Monarchy for France is triggered immediately

England — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1815
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1816)

Description

A bad harvest in 1795 led to food riots

Actions

A. Issue the Act

• Innovativeness -1
• Mercantilism +1
• Stability -2

B. Don't issue the Act

• Innovativeness +1
• -1000
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Conditions

• Event 50026 - Greek Independence for Ottoman Empire has already occurred
• Greece exists
• Greece and Ottoman Empire are at war

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1820
unless prevented by
Action B of 50026 - Greek Independence for Ottoman Empire

Description

Your Majesty, the upstart Greeks have declared their independence from the Sublime Porte and begun a bloody war of liberation. Many among our populace surely have sympathy for their plight, even if direct involvement would be expensive and ruffle a few feathers in government. Sire, should we intervene directly to aid the Greeks or leave them to their fate?

Actions

A. Support the Greeks

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ottoman Empire for 60 months
• +200 relations with Greece
• -100 relations with Ottoman Empire
• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom -1
• -2 diplomats
• Stability -1

B. Stay out of it

• +100 relations with Ottoman Empire
• -50 relations with Greece
• Innovativeness -1
• Serfdom +1
• +4 merchants
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3173 - The Succession of Carlos II in Spain for Spain

Description

On November 1st, 1700, the last Habsburg king Charles II of Spain died heirless. Both Louis XIV of France and Leopold I of Austria had married the defunct king's sisters and had thus direct and legitimate claims to the succession. To prevent that the chosen heir reigned over too powerful a kingdom, the European had anticipated the crisis and agreed in 1697 and again in early 1700 to a partition that would retain the Balance of Power in Europe. However, Carlos II and the Spanish Government was greatly upset by the other countries meddling in strictly Spanish affairs and thus tried to name Philip of Anjou, grandson of the Sun-King, the heir to the Spanish throne. However in the late phase of the Franco-Spanish negotiations a secretary of one of the Spanish ministers leaked out information and Habsburg partisans back in Madrid argued for allocating succession to the Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty, so Charles II hard beset, in one of his last official acts, left Spain to his nephew, Charles of Habsburg. This solution endangered the European balance of power and led to the formation of the Grand Alliance against Austria and Spain. Thus when Austrian forces reinforced the Spanish Netherlands the War of Spanish Succession broke out.

Actions

A. Accept it conditionally

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 36 months
• +100 relations with France
• +100 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability +1

B. Fight him

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 36 months
• -150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with France
• -150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability +3

C. Accept it

• +150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A, B of 3047 - Tax Revolt in America for England

Description

Your Excellency, our tax policies have increased unrest in the North American colonies.

Actions

A. OK

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A, B of 3048 - The American Colonial Policy for England

Description

Your Excellency, our tax policies have further increased unrest in the North American colonies. Perhaps we should strengthen our garrisons in the region...

Actions

A. OK

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3708 - The Sale of Corsica to England for Genoa

Description

Your most generous offer of Corsica, is greatly appreciated. The Genovese court is utterly pleased to do business with you and accepts your proposal with no conditions.

Actions

A. Good

• +150 relations with Genoa
• -1500

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3708 - The Sale of Corsica to England for Genoa

Description

However generous it may be, the Genovese court has decided to decline your offer of Corsica. The fate of the people of Corsica will remain in your hands.

Actions

A. Darn

• -150 relations with Genoa

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3826 - King Henry's Offer for Ireland

Description

Your Majesty, your wise and benevolent offer of vassalage and protection has proved popular with the potato-loving vermin across the Irish Sea. Dread Sovereign, you are now undisputed King of Ireland!

Actions

A. I am King of Ireland!

• Gain Ireland as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Ireland
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3826 - King Henry's Offer for Ireland

Description

Your Majesty, your wise and benevolent offer of vassalage and protection has proved deeply unpopular with the potato-loving vermin across the Irish Sea. Dread Sovereign, the unruly Irish have executed our diplomat and ready themselves for war!

Actions

A. They'll pay for this...

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ireland for 60 months
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 338013 - The Sale of Tondaimandalam for Madras

Description

In 1640, the plan to construct a trading post on the Bay of Bengal was rejected by the owners of the land.

Actions

A. They shall pay for this insult!

• Madras will be considered a claim province

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 4135 - Personal Union with England for Netherlands

Description

After the Glorious Revolution in 1688 William of Orange-Nassau, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and his wife, Mary II, arrived in England from Holland and were appointed joint sovereigns in 1689 of England by the Parliament. This effectively put William, one of the foremost Protestants of his time, in charge of both England and Holland under a personal union.

Actions

A. That was expected

• Gain an alliance with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3173 - The Succession of Carlos II in Spain for Spain

Description

On November 1st, 1700, the last Habsburg king Charles II of Spain died heirless. Both Louis XIV of France and Leopold I of Austria had married the defunct king's sisters and had thus direct and legitimate claims to the succession. To prevent that the chosen heir reigned over too powerful a kingdom, the European had anticipated the crisis and agreed in 1697 and again in early 1700 to a partition that would retain the Balance of Power in Europe. However, Carlos II and the Spanish Government was greatly upset by the other countries meddling in strictly Spanish affairs and thus named Philip of Anjou, grandson of the Sun-King, the heir to the Spanish throne. This solution endangered the European balance of power and led to the formation of the Grand Alliance against France and Spain. Thus when French forces occupied the Spanish Netherlands the War of Spanish Succession broke out.

Actions

A. Fight him

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 36 months
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with France
• Stability +3

B. Accept it

• +150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with France
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Netherlands
• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is Lollard
  • State religion is Protestant
  • State religion is Reformed

Triggered by

Action A of 3128 - Revocation of the Edict of Nantes for France

Description

On April 13th, 1598 Henri IV issued the Edict of Nantes, a new law granting French Huguenots a large degree of religious toleration. Almost a hundred years later his grandson Louis XIV, a fervent Catholic despot striving for complete religious and political unity within France, viewed the coexistence of the Roman and Calvinist churches as a potential catalyst for renewed civil war. Having already encouraged the persecution of France's Lutherans and Calvinists for over a decade, in October 1685 Louis issued the Edict of Fontainebleau - essentially a complete revocation of his grandfather's Edict of Nantes. Within a few years, more than half a million Huguenots had fled to Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and parts of Germany and North America, thereby depriving France of her most industrious commercial class.

Actions

A. We welcome you with open arms!

• Leader Feversham becomes active
• Leader Galway becomes active
• +10% population in a random province
• +1 base tax value in the same province
• +10% population in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in the same province
• +10% population in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in the same province
• +10% population in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in the same province
• Stability +1

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 4990 - The Continental Congress for United States

Description

Most of our colonial subjects have shown their common sense and loyalty by refusing to support the acts of a misguided minority in their treasonous revolt against the king.

Actions

A. Good!

• Revolt risk value in Savannah -12
• Revolt risk value in Alabama -12
• Revolt risk value in Alleghany -12
• Revolt risk value in Carolina -12
• Revolt risk value in Santee -12
• Revolt risk value in Roanoke -12
• Revolt risk value in Catawba -12
• Revolt risk value in Appalache -12
• Revolt risk value in Chesapeake -12
• Revolt risk value in Powhatan -12
• Revolt risk value in Tuscarora -12
• Revolt risk value in Susquehanna -12
• Revolt risk value in Delaware -12
• Revolt risk value in Manhattan -12
• Revolt risk value in Catskill -12
• Revolt risk value in Oswego -12
• Revolt risk value in Mohawk -12
• Revolt risk value in Onondaga -12
• Revolt risk value in Adirondak -12
• Revolt risk value in Sebago -12
• Revolt risk value in Connecticut -12
• Revolt risk value in Massachussetts -12
• Revolt risk value in Penobscot -12
• Revolt risk value in Bangor -12

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 4990 - The Continental Congress for United States

Description

The traitorous rabble, called 'The Continental Congress', has declared that they are no longer subject to our authority. All of the colonies have joined the existing revolt.

Actions

A. Treason!

• Cede Savannah to United States
• Cede Carolina to United States
• Cede Santee to United States
• Cede Roanoke to United States
• Cede Catawba to United States
• Cede Appalache to United States
• Cede Chesapeake to United States
• Cede Powhatan to United States
• Cede Shenandoah to United States
• Cede Susquehanna to United States
• Cede Delaware to United States
• Cede Manhattan to United States
• Cede Catskill to United States
• Cede Oswego to United States
• Cede Adirondak to United States
• Cede Sebago to United States
• Cede Connecticut to United States
• Cede Massachussetts to United States
• Cede Penobscot to United States
• Cede Bangor to United States

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 338013 - The Sale of Tondaimandalam for Madras

Description

In 1640, a stretch of land on the Bay of Bengal was successfully purchased, allowing for the construction of Madras which would be one of England's great toeholds in India.

Actions

A. How exciting

• +25
• +2000 infantry in Madras
• +2 base tax value in Madras
• Madras will be considered a claim province

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action C of 15015 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy
Action D of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

When Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy died under the walls of Nancy in January 1477 his considerable territories passed to his only child, Mary, who immediately became the most eligible bride in Europe. For over a decade prior to his death the rulers of Europe had kept a close eye on the mixed fortunes of Mary's father and his legendary military campaigns against practically all of Burgundy's neighbours, but by the late 1470s most of them quietly agreed that the so-called 'Grand Duchy of the West' should be dismembered. However, with Mary's marriage to Maximilian, King of the Romans, it looks as if what once seemed inevitable has now been averted - Burgundy, with Austrian support, may yet stand the test of time.

Actions

A. I couldn't care less

• -50 relations with Burgundy
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Austria

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 15015 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy
Action A of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

When Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, died under the walls of Nancy in 1477, his inheritance passed to his daughter Mary, the wife of Maximilian of Habsburg. The Duchy of Burgundy was one of the largest medieval states in Western Europe, covering most of the Low Countries (today's Belgium and Holland), Luxembourg and Franche-Comté. France had conquered the heart of the Duchy itself. Mary and Maximilian's inheritance was transmitted to their son Philip the Fair, husband of the Spanish heiress Joanna of Castile. Their eldest son, Charles V, would later reign over the Austrian and Spanish Habsburg territories.

Actions

A. Rather them than the French...

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 12 months
• -50 relations with Austria
• Stability -1

England — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 4988 - The Jay Treaty for United States

Description

The 1783 Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution did not completely end the tensions between Great Britain and the new USA. Neither party abided completely by the terms of the treaty, and small conflicts had been ongoing in the American Northwest Territory. Great Britain's war with revolutionary France exacerbated issues, as the US continued trading with France and the Royal Navy began to use force against such activity. Furthermore, the Royal Navy was not especially careful when boarding American ships and impressing Englishmen into the navy - frequently the 'Englishmen' were actually Americans. And trade between the USA and Great Britain had never been normalized after the war, which both parties were eager to do.
Chief Justice John Jay was sent to England to negotiate with His Majesty's Government, and the parties agreed to a treaty which apparently settled all outstanding issues - except that of impressment. Great Britain agreed to withdraw from disputed frontier forts along the New York-Ontario and Michigan-Ontario borders in exchange for the US repaying its old debts, and full trade was established between the two. But the treaty was only valid for ten years, and the subsequent failure to renew it helped lead to the War of 1812.

Actions

A. Sign it

• -1 badboy
• -100
• Conditions:
  
  • Own Ticonderoga
  Change the city name in Ticonderoga to Crown Point
• Conditions:
  
  • Own Ticonderoga
  Cede Ticonderoga to United States
• +25 relations with United States
• Naval tech investment: +500

B. We cannot afford to give way

• -50 relations with United States
• Event 4989 - Jay Treaty rejected for United States is triggered immediately

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Triggered by

Action A of 3127 - Chambers of Reunion for France

Description

The reunion policy of Louis XIV had been forced upon by the Empire in the 1684 by the Truce of Regensburg, mostly because the Emperor was preoccupied by the Turkish menace (siege of Vienna in 1683). The continued French claims and expansion to the detriment of the Habsburg possessions and the German states of the Empire led to the creation of the anti-French League of Augsburg (1686).

Actions

A. Defy French claims

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 72 months
• -150 relations with France
• +100 relations with Baden
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Brunswick
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Hesse
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Palatinate
• +100 relations with Würzburg

B. Ignore it

• +50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Baden
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -50 relations with Brunswick
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Würzburg

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Triggered by

Action A of 3275 - The Methuen Agreement for Portugal

Description

John Methuen was born in 1650. An accomplished diplomat, he is well remembered for the treaty signed in 1703 between England and Portugal. The main purpose of the treaty was to allow free introduction of English wool and cloths to Portugal in exchange of free entry of Portuguese wine into England (Port wine). The treaty made in effect Portugal an economic and political satellite of England, and was abrogated only in 1836. John Methuen died in 1706 shortly after his greatest success.

Actions

A. Accept the Agreement

• Gain Portugal as vassals
• +150 relations with Portugal
• +1 base tax value in Yorkshire
• +1 base tax value in Lancashire
• +1 base tax value in Midlands
• +1 base tax value in Lincoln
• Stability -1

B. Denounce the Agreement

• +1 base tax value in Cornwall
• -100 relations with Portugal
• Stability +1

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Triggered by

Action C of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

When Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, died under the walls of Nancy in 1477, his inheritance passed to his daughter Mary, the wife of George of Clarence. The Duchy of Burgundy was one of the largest medieval states in Western Europe, covering most of the Low Countries (today's Belgium and Holland), Luxembourg and Franche-Comté. Austria had seized the Imperial county of Burgundy. Mary and George's inheritance was transmitted to Edmund of Dijon, their son. With the Burgundian realm now a core part of England's continental empire, the House of York can once again focus on pacifying France.

Actions

A. It's all mine!

• Inherit the realms of Burgundy
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 60 months
• Friesen will be considered a national province
• Geldre will be considered a national province
• Holland will be considered a national province
• Zeeland will be considered a national province
• Luxembourg will be considered a national province
• Brabant will be considered a national province
• Artois will be considered a national province
• Flandern will be considered a national province
• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Franche-Comté will be considered a national province
• Bourgogne will be considered a national province
• Stability +2

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Triggered by

Action A of 4105 - The Polish Succession of 1690 for Poland

Description

Your Majesty, the recent election of the Polish Sejm following the death of the late Queen Christina has deliberated on the succession in their lands and has elected to offer the crown to none other than our former King, the hated papist tyrant James Stuart. My Lord, it seems the exiled Stuart dynasty now rule as Kings of Poland!

Actions

A. This cannot go unchallenged...

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 36 months
• -150 relations with Poland
• Stability -2

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Triggered by

Action C of 3486 - The Polish Succession of 1697 for Poland

Description

Your Majesty, the recent election of the Polish Sejm following the death of the late King John III Sobieski has deliberated on the succession in their lands and has elected to offer the crown to the late King's son, James Sobieski, whose heirs are none other than the exiled Stuarts. My Lord, it seems the loathsome Stuart dynasty will one day rule as Kings of Poland!

Actions

A. Worrying news

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 12 months
• -100 relations with Poland
• Stability -1

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Triggered by

Action B of 3140 - The Sale of Corsica for France
Action B of 3707 - The Sale of Corsica to France for Genoa

Description

By 1760, the Ligurian Republic of Genoa had grown fed up with the permanent unrest that plagued the island of Corsica, its possession for nearly 400 years. The local people of that poor island would refuse to pay tax, disrupt trade and resort to banditry whenever an opportunity arose. The local political situation had gone to the point where the Beauty Island (nickname of Corsica) had gone to outright rebellion and semi-independence. Their Genoese had not the means to sustain repression there and were eager to get rid, if possible for a profit, of that possession. Finally it was England who bought it in 1768 and restored order, making it the major Mediterranean base from which to defeat Napoleon Bonaparte the Great Son of the Island.

Actions

A. Offer to buy Corsica

• Event 3708 - The Sale of Corsica to England for Genoa is triggered immediately

B. Pass the opportunity

• Event 3175 - The Sale of Corsica for Spain is triggered immediately

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Triggered by

Action C of 3607 - The Succession in Provence for Provence

Description

René I has willed us the suzerainty of his lands, in an attempt to keep the lands of the Anjou family from being incorporated into the domains of the French crown.

Actions

A. I will be the Duke of Provence

• Gain Provence as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Provence
• Provence will be considered a claim province
• Stability +1
• -50 relations with Aragon
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Austria

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Triggered by

Action B of 15015 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy
Action B of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

When Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, died under the walls of Nancy in 1477, his inheritance passed to his daughter Mary, the wife of Charles of France. The Duchy of Burgundy was one of the largest medieval states in Western Europe, covering most of the Low Countries (today's Belgium and Holland), Luxembourg and Franche-Comté. France had conquered the heart of the Duchy itself. Mary and Charles' inheritance was transmitted to Louis the Spider King, their son. Ruling over France and Lotharingia, only the Imperial Crown lay between him and the rebirth of the Empire of Charlemagne...

Actions

A. We must put a stop to this!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 24 months
• -200 relations with France
• Stability -2

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Triggered by

Action A of 338012 - British Traders near the Ganges for Ganges

Description

In August of 1690, Job Charnok, an agent of the East India Company settled in Calcutta. A few years later, the EIC purchased the three villages of Sutanuti, Calcutta, and Saudagar. By 1699, the East India Company began developing Calcutta as Presidency city.

Actions

A. How exciting

• -50
• +2000 infantry in Ganges
• +2 base tax value in Ganges
• Ganges will be considered a claim province

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Triggered by

Action B of 338012 - British Traders near the Ganges for Ganges

Description

In August of 1690, Job Charnok, an agent of the East India Company settled in Calcutta. A few years later, the EIC attempt to purchase three outlying villages of Sutanuti, Calcutta, and Saudagar was rejected.

Actions

A. They shall pay for this insult!

• Ganges will be considered a claim province