Alfonso V said:
in america it was like an overrun. england had been defeated very fast. then suddenly France left the OE-AU alliance and joined England and dow AU. At this point au troops moved high speed and captured 1/3 of france in europe and in america english colonies was full under AU rule. OE was neutral in this war.
Elio:
Actually, England left the Spain/Portugal alliance early on to join a freshly agreed alliance with France and Holland, since Portugal proved unwilling to help defend against Austria and we knew Von D would take advantage of Elio being absent and only a sub in Spain, to DoW that alliance with Portugal agreeing to support him secretly.
Austria DoWed England with no CB, and France and Holland joined the defence right away. Austria took all but one English prov in NA and most of France quickly.
However, France and England fought back, Austria lost a couple of NA provinces and most of her fleet and was about to be forced back further with Dutch help. France regained all her lands, with Anglo-Dutch help, and was ready to push into Austria.
At this point Portugal threatened to declare war on England and France if we did not give in to Austrian demands, so I took peace with Austria, he seized 5 anglosaxon, protestant provinces in North America. The Portuguese threat would have brought Spain into the war which was not fair as you were not here.
I don't know why Von D wants English culture provinces, or why Portugal thinks he will be safer by giving his support to Austria, but it is plain that Austria cannot be allowed to keep those English provinces in America. He should give them up peacefully or risk war. Portugal has publically stated that he will not go against such an action.