Do colonial troops not fight rebels?

[GeneralLunar]

Do colonial troops not fight rebels? Because I've seen mass revolts happening in my colonies and the colonial armies just stand around...

Also I was wondering if someone could help me either make a mod or find one that adds straights linking all the Caribbean islands, because the Caribbean is useless as a colonial region if my colonial nation can't move their army around, they don't even use transports...

 

[synthshadow]

In my most recent experience, they don't at the start when first formed, probably due to the fact they don't have any money with which to buy troops. You will have to babysit them for a while, however once they get some money in the bank and actually build the troops, say about 20,000 they seem to be a little slow on the uptake, but do get there in the end.

You say about on islands such as the Caribbean, well, seeing as how badly the AI sucks at island invasions as a normal nation I wouldn't hold out TOO much as a colonial one - maybe just sort those yourself.