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.

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Spring

 * The Czar approves the creation of a counsel for the people, as this quells nearly all in Russia. The Czar and the Counsel ask for a trade agreement and mutual defence agreement with the Ottoman Empire and the Commonwealth of Poland Lithuania.
 * 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.

Summer
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 * 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.'''

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.