Colonization Jukebox. This program lets owners of Colonization enjoy listening to the tunes from the game. Consult the readme file with it to see how to install it.
Open in c:/mps/colonize directory.
Allows user to change terrain types, land ownership (by Europeans and Indians), Plough/Road terrain, Discover terrain, change Tax rate and change Fund rate. Very useful utility, allowing you to make first class colony sites with major rivers etc..., land bridges and strategic canals. Map can be edited during play.
Four shortcut Icons that you can use for the Colonization shortcut on your desktop.
To install save the icon, make a shortcut to Colonization by left clicking the colonize.exe file at c:/mps/colonize and selecting create shortcut, then left click on the shortcut and select properties, then find target and select your file location.
- Note: the Early American Flag pictured above consisted of 13 Red or White stripes for each founding state. Plus a ring of 13 stars also for each founding state. Each time new states joined the Union each got an extra star in the corner, but no extra stripe. Currently there are 50 states, with Alaska and Hawaii being relatively recent entrants. Most joined in the 1800's with the Louisiana Purchase, Spanish American War, and the opening of the West. If Puerto Rico joined the Union it would bring the total to 51.
Originally the American Colonial Flag had a British Union Flag in the Corner. Known as the Grand Continental or Grand Union. Note: the Union Flag only consisted of the fusion of England's Saint George Flag (a straight red cross on a white background) and Scotland's Saint Andrew Flag (a diagonal white cross on a blue background). Thus the American Flag's Red White and Blue colours come from the British Flags. The British "Union Flag" is commonly referred to as the "Union Jack". But technically this flag is only every used on the top mast of Royal navy Ships.- Note: Ireland's Saint Patrick Flag (a red diagonal cross on a white background) was not then on the British Flag as the act of Union between British and Ireland did not occur until 1801. Scotland and England (including the principality of Wales - "England's first colony" with a massive wave of Royal Castle building to subjugate the Welsh speaking Celts) had joined in the act of Union in 1707. Scotland retaining control of it's Law Courts (with the not proven verdict) and Education System. And got a disproportionately large number of Members of Parliament in comparison to it's population size
- All three flags plus those of Scandinavia, Malta, and Greece incorporate the Christian Cross. Tri-colour flags came much later. The Red, White, and Blue flag of Revolutionary France being the first. Each colour standing for Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity respectively. The pre-revolutionary Royal French had the Fleur-de-lis Flag. The Bourbon Monarchy returned for a few decades after the Napoleon was exiled.
- Flags originated in the Crusades in the Levant (Christian Lebanon and the city of Tyre who requested aid from the Pope); Judea-Palestine-Israel; and eastern Anatolia-Asia Minor-Turkey in Christian Armenia (since 300 AD). They were used to distinguish between English, French, German, and Scottish Knights being a cloth worn over the torso armour. The Greek Byzantium Eastern Roman Empire also fought in the Eastern Crusades.
- Action was also seen in Southern Italy and Scilly - "The Kingdom of the Two Scillies". Principally by the second sons of Norman Knights who could not inherit family lands so where looking to carve out territories of their own, and expel the Muslim invaders.
- The Crusades in the centuries long re-conquest of the Iberian Peninsula were principally fought by the Kingdoms of Aragon and Castile in Northern Spain, but also Portugal, France, England, and Scotland. Once the former Roman province of Hispania. Earlier still the South and East belonged to the Carthaginian Empire of Hannibal and his Elephants but was taken in one of the three Punic Wars (264 BC-146 BC).
- At the time of the American Revolution the libertarians believed they could negotiate representation in the London Parliament and get lower taxes (caused by the hugely expensive 7 Year French and Indian War that saw their Colonial frontiers secured. With France being driven out of the Saint Lawrence River Valley (Quebec City and Montréal - French Meaning: Mount Royal coming under the rule of the British King George III) and Lake Ontario and the Niagara Falls area, including upstate New York. Which is where the hugely important Hudson-Erie canal was built in 1820 to bring in food and raw materials from the newly opened Midwest states, and send back manufactured goods and colonists in return. Naturally Britain thought the American Colonies should pay a share towards the cost of their own defence.
- The Boston Tea Party was caused by the dumping of excess tea by the British East India Company on American Markets. The Tea was actually cheaper than that sold by American Merchants even after tax. But they saw their profits going up in smoke so dressed as American Indians and tipped the newly imported Tea into Boston harbour. Thus causing the British Parliament to boycott Tea, so American's started drinking Coffee instead.
- King George the III was born in 1738 and reigned until his death from 1760-1820. His Grandfather King George I was Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire, a loose German confederation
- famously said to be neither of the three) of Hanover (North-west Germany). Who was distantly related to the British Royal family (as most European monarchies inter-married to secure peace, and alliances). But could speak no English, only German. Also know as the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg which became a Kingdom in 1814 after the first fall of the French Emperor Napoleon.
- King George III suffered from mental illness during his reign so his son, the Future King George IV acted as Prince Regent in his place. Spending much of his time to the seaside town of Brighton, 60 miles south of London. Also known as "London-by-Sea". There he built the Royal Pavilion modelled on Muslim-Indian architecture on the outside (reflecting Britain's growing influence in India), and Chinese style inside. Britain at this time brought most of its highly expensive tea from China. As not many Tea plantations had yet been setup in India and Ceylon at this time.
