The Treaty of Tordesillas

[unmerged(54020)]

Been looking around but can't find what I am looking for.

As far as I understood, you can as Spain/Portugal attack any non-european province without having to declare war on the owner. However, in my Portugal game I just landed on Puerto Rico, a Spanish owned island, and nothing seems to happen. Does me being allied to them affect anything?
Because I seem to remember an incident where I was playing the dutch and was allied to Portugal, yet they still attacked and captured several of my brazilian provinces.
Or perhaps I need to have a shield on the province, the ones that are visible on the colonization map, not the political, that is.

-TGD

 

[unmerged(33767)]

You do, those shields show what provinces belong to Spain or Portugal according to the treaty.

 

[unmerged(54020)]

You do, those shields show what provinces belong to Spain or Portugal according to the treaty.

I see. I shall cancel their military access then, can't have them stealing my unguarded colonies, can we?

Thanks for the help.

-TGD

 

[SeedSnatcher]

Also note that the ToT can only be enfored on Catholic nations, military access doesn't matter, and the AI doesn't seem do it just to be mean, it seems to do it because it wants to get to the other side. So they won't (in my experience) stop to siege down a fortress.

 

[Dell19]

In a recent game I conquered the Aztecs as Venice after giving them an early explorer and trading maps. Spain tried to siege a number of provinces although they would often retreat for no reason so I guess they could have just been crossing my territory and then had nowhere else to go.

 

[SeedSnatcher]

They could've been exploring.

 

[unmerged(51332)]

Isn't Peurto rico part of Spain, in the TOT? That could also be a reason you couldn't take it..only certain provinces in the new world are Portugesse in the TOT, and only some Spanish, for example you couldn't jump into Manhattan even if it was controlled by a cathlioc nation.