Colonial America: 1600AD (Map Game)

The major powers of the Old World set their eyes on colonizing the newly discovered lands of the West with hopes of attaining even greater wealth, power and influence through amassing great colonial assets.

As the Portuguese and Spanish empires swell in size the other powers of Europe become jealous of their new lands and so a new wave of discovery washes over the two continents of the New World. As this happens the Spanish and Portuguese jealously defend their new lands, making it difficult for other European colonies to colonize.

Watch and see what happens as the Old World sets sail for a new land of abundance, danger and mystery, America.

Rules and signing up for nations can be seen on this article's talk page.

Spring

 * The Czar approves the creation of a counsel for the people, as this quells all in Russia. The Counsel and Czar approach the Ottomans for a trade and defense packed.

Fall

 * The king of France becomes interested in the Americas having heard of the Spanish successes there, he hires several explorers to explore these new territories, but for now they must prepare.
 * Portugal sends several hundred colonists to the Chesapeake, hearing of it's great shellfish populations. It also offers a non-agression pact to Spain, and they accept.
 * The Danes send four large ships, carrying approximately one thousand colonists and fifty soldiers, and enough food and livestock to get them through the winter. they establish a colony on Newfoundland, and construct a small, well-defended town.
 * The fleet of Jacob van Neck arrives in the Netherlands from the Indies with a huge profit.

Summer

 * The Czar begins a road system to allow for faster travel to any of his cities. Russia begins to expand easterly, this well take several years to completely get to the size OTL Russia is to day (I am guessing around 1700 before it is complete, this well include territory that was part of OTL Soviet Russia to the east).
 * The French send their first explorer to the new world, Samuel De Champlain. He is sent with five ships, two supply ships and three fighting ships also filled with soldiers and supplies.
 * The Dutch join forces with the natives from Hitu, in the Indies, against the Portuguese.

Fall

 * The Counsel, acting independently of the Czar for the first time, ask the leaders of Denmark for a trade and to be an ally. After they except/disagree, Tsardom of Russia well go to war with Sweden, it's long hated neighbor.
 * The Danes agree to ally with the russians, as long as they are allowed to control southern sweden. The Russians agree to the terms. The Danish villages supplement their supplies with fish, which are available in enormous quantities around Newfoundland. they send word back to Denmark, and another colony fleet of almost 2000 is planned for the following year (One bullet per country, per turn).

Winter

 * The Russians move across the Baltic Sea region of Sweden swiftly, and are able to take 1/5th of OTL Finland. The Counsel, with the Czar's approval, sends a 30 man ambassador team to OTL China. The 30 man ambassador team is traveling along the old silk road. They wish to reopen the silk road and start to actually build a SAFE and RELIABLE road to china from Russia.
 * NOTICE:[I am just going to say that this is the time when a Russian poet coined the frase "For Motherland"/"For Mother-Russia" wile explaining a battle between the Sweden and Russian forces, thus growing popular in the military. This HOPEFULLY wont count as a "event" as it has nothing significant tied to it.]


 * The Danish fleet, sailing from Denmark, prevents the Swedes from sending reinforcements to their Finnish Army
 * Portugal continues to expand in Brazil, and a large colony is established at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata.

Spring

 * The Danish fleet arrives in Newfoundland, and disembarks most of the people in the growing town of New Oslo. The fleet included several groups of shipwrights, and they set to work on port facilities to service the quickly expanding Danish fishing fleet. the rest of the colonists either settle in the town, move to another, smaller village, or move inland to begin harvesting lumber. (Expanding a little quickly, post one map at the END of each year, please.)
 * Portugal offers to help the Danes in the New World, under two conditions: A: This doesn't carry over into Europe, and B: The Danes don't expand further south than the southernmost border of OTL New York. The Chesapeake colony establishes friendly relations with the natives, and they expand further into Virginia.
 * Cartier's group arrives off the coast of Newfoundland, they are turned to the south by the Danes and land on OTL Rhode Island, Cartier is unsatisfied with this exploring though and decides to leave most of the soldiers, 87 of the 124 colonists, 1 of the fighting ships and 1 of the supply ships. Cartier leads his group down south to explore.
 * The Dutch, though unadvisedly, openly express their disdain for Portuguese.

Summer

 * The Portuguese begin to supply and fund Sulawesi rebels in DEIC territory, as well as Acehan and Mallaccan nationalists.
 * The Danes agree to the Portugues proposal, as long as the provisions only apply to areas east of the mississippi, and not to the mississippi itself. they also build a small town on Nova Scotia, and begin harvesting coal from the surface deposits.
 * A new company is created within the Netherlands, it is called the Dutch East India Company. The company, taking into account the fact that most companies were created for one time trips, is sent with a fleet of privateers to the Banten the major port of West Java.

Winter

 * Having sent the famous DEIC (Eutch East India Company) on it's way, the people of the Netherlands become more and more interested with word of the "New World." The Dutch States-General promises the people that in the next few years the New World will begun to be explored. Preparations are beginning as trade becomes increasingly profitable.
 * The Danish soldiers construct a fort on a bluff overlooking New Oslo. this will greatly assist the defense of the port. thanks to the improved defenses, the Danish colony seems like a viable proposition, and many expert laborers are clamering for a spot on the next ship to Newfoundland.
 * The Russian/Danish war is won against the Swedish, as they were being attacked from both the east and the west. Sweden is split appropriately to the Danish and the Russian's. The Russians keep large amount of troops in Sweden for the next 1 1/2 decades. On a side note, to cheer the populace up, the Czar and Counsel sign off on a Russia-funded expatiation around the world as word has reached them of the new world and the adventures that have been had. They choose an explorer by the name of Denislave Volouf to lead the expatiation.


 * The French settlers of Rhode Island finish building their town in time for winter, there are several houses, a grain mill and silos, and a barracks. Work will begin on a town hall and fort after the necessities are met, this town is called North Point or Point Du Nord. Cartier's remaining fleet lands on the opening of the Amazon, a new colony is established there while Cartier goes deep into the river.

Spring

 * An ambassador is sent from Russia to the Dutch asking for a trade agreement and for access through their waters. Denislave Volouf Expatiation is at the horn of Africa, after some delays they are off again to continue the expatiation.
 * The Danes use several huge galleons to establish a permanent transport service between Newfoundland and Denmark. they transport colonists and manufactured goods to America, and return with loads of extremely high-quality wood from America. this is a huge boon to the Danish Merchant Marine.

Spring

 * The Japanese, intrigued by the rumors of a mysterious land to the east, prepare an expedition to confirm these rumors.

Fall

 * The Japanese scouting/colonization expedition is launched from the port of Hiroshima.

Spring

 * The Japanese expedition makes landfall in Hawaii. The expedition's samurai succeed in overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaii. The new colony will be regularly reinforced with the seasonal shipments of supplies and settlers from Japan. The mild weather will prove to attract many people from the home islands, especially during winter.

Spring

 * Another Japanese scouting/colonization fleet is formed, this time at the Japanese colony of Hawaii. They also travel to the east to see what lands they may find.

Fall

 * The second Japanese scouting/colony expedition makes landfall in the "New World" he European traders were trading stories about. They find a bay that would serve as a perfect natural harbor. They manage to defeat the local natives easily, as they are not as well armed as the Hawaiians. Supplies begin to pour in from the home islands just as quickly as in Hawaii.