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Nice events, guys! They would be good inclusions in an otherwise unEventful Chilean the game.
One thing is that Antefagosta produces Sheep/ wool in the game. Maybe that should be changed to sulphur (which I guess represents salpetre as well)?
Cheers,
Vandelay
One thing is that Antefagosta produces Sheep/ wool in the game. Maybe that should be changed to sulphur (which I guess represents salpetre as well)?
Cheers,
Vandelay
Paraguay War
Well to create condition for the AI start the Paraguay War, we should create 2 sets of AI for the major figures (Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay).
1st set a default start, with economic and technologic development. (For all, basic factories, etc)
2nd set for Paraguay somewhere around 1860 or before an AI towards military development and infantry building. And I don't know if it can be done by event or if is necessary a 3rd AI, set warmonger value to 100. And if so give a choice to the AI to this goals. Like event "Became Latin America Power" option A) Military path, option B) Economic one.
2nd set for the others triggered by War. With military goals.
Meanwhile, a set of events which increases the relations of the other 3, or maybe create a defense treaty?
And when peace is declared the AI return to default.
It will add a lot of fun south of ecuator
Well to create condition for the AI start the Paraguay War, we should create 2 sets of AI for the major figures (Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay).
1st set a default start, with economic and technologic development. (For all, basic factories, etc)
2nd set for Paraguay somewhere around 1860 or before an AI towards military development and infantry building. And I don't know if it can be done by event or if is necessary a 3rd AI, set warmonger value to 100. And if so give a choice to the AI to this goals. Like event "Became Latin America Power" option A) Military path, option B) Economic one.
2nd set for the others triggered by War. With military goals.
Meanwhile, a set of events which increases the relations of the other 3, or maybe create a defense treaty?
And when peace is declared the AI return to default.
It will add a lot of fun south of ecuator
I really think that we should put an effort on this war.
It was the longest and with more casualities of the period between 1815-1914.
From out/64 to mar/70 with 150.000 deaths.
Paraguay had 64.000 soldiers and 28.000 reserves in the begining of the conflict led by Solano Lopes.
Brazil had 18.000, Argentina 8.000 and Uruguay 1.000.
It was the longest and with more casualities of the period between 1815-1914.
From out/64 to mar/70 with 150.000 deaths.
Paraguay had 64.000 soldiers and 28.000 reserves in the begining of the conflict led by Solano Lopes.
Brazil had 18.000, Argentina 8.000 and Uruguay 1.000.
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Columbian Events
I have a ton of events for Columbia that I originally wrote for AON, so they fit perfectly.
Events List (with effects for some)
Civil War and Gen. Herran - 1840
Gen. Herran elected - 1841
New Constitution - 1843 (centralisation +2)
Lopez's Reforms - 1850 (serfdom -2, cent. -1, merc. -2, money, manufactories in big cities)
the Lopez Constitution - 1853 (cent. -1, serf. -1)
Melo's coup - april 1854
a new constitution - 1858
Mosquera and civil war - 1860
constitution of 1863 (very US style) - 1863
the golgota policy of completely free trade - 1870's
The Regeneration movement - 1879 or 1884
the Constitution of 1886 - 1886 (cent. +2)
the War of a Thousand Days - 1899
The HayHerrán Treaty of - January 1903 (if it is not rejected, then there will be no Panama in 1903 at least)
the independent Republic of Panama - 1903
General Rafael Reyes - 1904
the Republican Union - 1910
Event Discriptions
Civil War and Gen. Herran - 1840
In 1840 the political ambitions of some department governors, the constitutional weakness of the president, and the suppression of some Roman Catholic monasteries in Pasto combined to ignite a civil war that ended with the victory of the government forces led by General Pedro Alcántara Herrán. This triumph brought Herrán to the presidency with the next election in 1841.
Gen. Herran elected - 1841
Herrán's victory in the civil war brought him to the presidency with the next election in 1841.
New Constitution - 1843
In 1843, Herrán's administration instituted a new constitution, which stipulated a greater centralization of power.
Lopez's Reforms - 1850
The election of General José Hilario López as president in 1849 marked a turning point for Colombia both economically and politically. Capitalism began to replace the old colonial structure, and the ideological differences between the established political parties overshadowed the previous emphasis on personalism. In 1850 the López administration instituted a socalled agrarian reform program and abolished slavery. In order to allow landowners access to more land, the agrarian reform program lifted the restrictions on the sale of resguardo lands; as a result, Indians became displaced from the countryside and moved to the cities, where they provided excess labor. In 1851 the government ended the state monopoly on tobacco cultivation and trade and declared an official separation of church and state. In addition, López took the education system from the hands of the church and subjected parish priests to popular elections.
the Lopez Constitution - 1853
In May of 1853, Congress adopted the constitution of 1853, which had been written under López. A liberal document, it had significant provisions defining the separation of church and state and freedom of worship and establishing male suffrage. The new constitution also mandated the direct election of the president, members of Congress, magistrates, and governors, and it granted extensive autonomy to the departments.
Melo's coup - april 1854
Despite the victory that the constitution represented for the Liberals, tensions grew between golgota and draconiano forces. When the draconianos found Obando to be compromising with the golgotas, General José María Melo led a coup d'état in April 1854, declared himself dictator, and dissolved Congress. Melo's rule, the only military dictatorship in the nineteenth century, lasted only eight months because he proved unable to consolidate the interests of the draconianos; he was deposed by an alliance of golgotas and Conservatives.
a new constitution - 1858
In 1857 PC candidate Mariano Ospina Rodríguez was elected president. The next year, his administration adopted a new constitution, which renamed the country the Grenadine Confederation, replaced the vice president with three designates elected by Congress, and set the presidential term at four years.
Mosquera and civil war - 1860
General Mosquera, the former president and the governor of the department of Cauca, emerged as the most important Liberal figure. A strong advocate of federalism, Mosquera threatened the secession of Cauca in the face of the centralization undertaken by the Conservatives. Mosquera, the golgotas, and their supporters declared a civil war in 1860, resulting in an almost complete obstruction of government. Because civil disorder prevented elections from being held as scheduled in 1861, Bartolomé Calvo, a Conservative in line for the presidency, assumed the office. In July 1861, Mosquera captured Bogotá, deposed Calvo, and took the title of provisional president of the United States of New Granada and supreme commander of war. A congress of plenipotentiaries chosen by the civil and military leaders of each department met in the capital in September 1861 in response to a call by the provisional government. Meanwhile, the war continued until Mosquera defeated the Conservatives and finally subdued the opposition in Antioquia in October 1862.
constitution of 1863(very US style) - 1863
In February 1863, a Liberal-only government convention met in Rionegro and enacted the constitution of 1863, which was to last until 1886. The Rionegro constitution renamed the nation the United States of Colombia. All powers not given to the central government were reserved for the states, including the right to engage in the commerce of arms and ammunition. The constitution contained fully defined individual liberties and guarantees as nearly absolute as possible, leaving the federal authority with little room to regulate society. The constitution also guaranteed Colombians the right to profess any religion.
the golgota policy of completely free trade - 1870's
Under the golgota policy of completely free trade, exports became a major element of the country's economy. Three main agricultural exports--tobacco, quinine, and coffee--developed, especially after 1850 when international markets were more favorable and accessible. Nonetheless, all three crops suffered from cyclical periods of high and low demand. By the 1880s, it was clear that tobacco and quinine would not be reliable exports in the long term because of stiff international competition. Coffee also faced competition but nevertheless succeeded in dominating the economy after the 1870s. The coffee merchants used their profits as middlemen to invest in domestic industries, producing goods such as textiles for domestic consumption, particularly in the Medellín area.
Columbia events
The Regeneration movement - 1879 or 1884
It became obvious to many Liberals and Conservatives that the lack of governmental authority stipulated in the Rionegro constitution was allowing the country to run a chaotic course and that the situation needed to be corrected. The Regeneration movement sought a basic shift in Colombia's direction. A key leader of the movement was Rafael Núñez, who was elected president in 1879 and held the office until 1882. Liberals and Conservatives who were disenchanted with the golgota governments joined to form the National Party, a coalition that in February 1884 brought Núñez to the presidency for a second term.
the Constitution of 1886 - 1886
The Nationalist leaders believed that ultraliberalism as practiced under the Rionegro constitution was not appropriate to the needs of the country and that a balance was needed between individual liberties and national order. Based on this philosophy, the Constitution of 1886 reversed the federalist trend and brought the country under strong centralist control. The Constitution renamed the country the Republic of Colombia and, with amendments, remained in effect in the late 1980s. The Constitution provides for a national rather than confederate system of government in which the president has more power than the governors, who head departments or two types of national territories known as intendencies (intendencias) and commissaryships (comisarias).
the War of a Thousand Days - 1899
The Sanclemente/Marroquín presidency faced increasing problems as the world price of coffee fell, which, because of reduced customs revenues, left the government bankrupt. The fiscal policy of issuing nonredeemable paper money, which had replaced the gold standard under Núñez, added to the increasing lack of confidence in the government.
In July 1899, in Santander, Liberals again attempted a revolution, known as the War of a Thousand Days. Historical Conservatives eventually cast their allegiance with the Nationalists, whereas the Peace and War factions of the PL remained split, thereby weakening the rebellion. Despite an initial victory in December 1899, the Liberal forces were outnumbered at Palonegro five months later. The defeat left the Liberal army decimated and demoralized and with little chance to succeed. The Liberal army changed its strategy from conventional tactics to guerrilla warfare, thus transforming the war into a desperate struggle that lasted for two more years.
In July 1900, Historical Conservatives, seeking a political solution to the war, supported Marroquín in a coup against Sanclemente. Contrary to what his supporters had expected, Marroquín adopted a hard line against the rebels and refused to negotiate a settlement. In November 1902, the defeated Liberal army negotiated a peace agreement with the government. The war took more than 100,000 lives and left the country devastated.
The Hay-Herrán Treaty of - January 1903
At the turn of the century, the United States recognized the strategic need to have access to a naval route connecting the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, such as a canal in the isthmus. The HayHerrán Treaty of January 1903, which was to have been the basis for allowing the United States canal project to proceed, was rejected by the Colombian Congress. Because the proposed Panamanian route was preferred over the Nicaraguan alternative, the United States encouraged the Panamanian separatist movement, militarily assisted Panama in its movement for independence, and immediately recognized the independent Republic of Panama States.
the independent Republic of Panama - 1903
The US President, Teddy Roosevelt, encouraged the Panamanian separatist movement, militarily assisted Panama in its movement for independence, and immediately recognized the independent Republic of Panama States.
General Rafael Reyes - 1904
General Rafael Reyes, elected president in 1904 with the support of moderate Conservatives, showed a determination to unify the republic, renew the nation's economy, and prevent any obstacle--constitutional or otherwise-- from standing in his way. Reyes's policies were a contradictory combination of political reconciliation and authoritarianism, which forced minority Liberal representation in government on the elected Conservative majority in Congress. His economic programs included a protectionist trade policy, which represented a major intervention of the state into economic activity. This trade policy encouraged domestic industrial growth, which in turn led to the growth of cities and the need to develop an urban infrastructure. To ensure the passage of his economic reforms, Reyes greatly strengthened the executive and thereby centralized power. He abolished Congress and replaced it with a National Assembly composed of three representatives from each department, selected by department officials appointed by Reyes. This action ensured the adequate representation of the Liberal support he needed in the legislative branch. This extraconstitutional body was designed to approve his decrees and to pass constitutional amendments. The National Assembly allowed Reyes to implement policies that sometimes were at odds with orthodox economic theory and therefore would not have been tolerated by a Conservative Congress. Through these measures, Reyes established a sound fiscal administration, stabilized the monetary system, initiated a return to the gold standard, restored Colombian credit abroad, attracted foreign capital, improved transportation, encouraged export agriculture, and aided domestic industry. At the same time, however, he aroused a great deal of political opposition.
the Republican Union - 1910
In June 1909, the Republican Union, a bipartisan group of Liberals and Historical Conservatives who opposed Reyes, won a majority in the congressional elections held to reestablish the Colombian Cngress. In acknowledgment of the political current against him, Reyes secretly resigned later that month and left the country. Carlos E. Restrepo, a Conservative who had been instrumental in founding the Republican Union, assumed the presidency after Reyes. The Republican Union represented a transformation in Colombian politics. The Liberal merchants and Conservative agriculturists found a common interest in coffee exports, which was quickly beginning to dominate the Colombian economy. Their mutual economic interest allowed the moderate factions of each party to join in a bipartisan coalition that gained political control at the end of the civil war. Although Conservatives retained nominal control of political institutions until 1930, they accepted and applied the principle of Liberal representation and participation in government.
I have a ton of events for Columbia that I originally wrote for AON, so they fit perfectly.
Events List (with effects for some)
Civil War and Gen. Herran - 1840
Gen. Herran elected - 1841
New Constitution - 1843 (centralisation +2)
Lopez's Reforms - 1850 (serfdom -2, cent. -1, merc. -2, money, manufactories in big cities)
the Lopez Constitution - 1853 (cent. -1, serf. -1)
Melo's coup - april 1854
a new constitution - 1858
Mosquera and civil war - 1860
constitution of 1863 (very US style) - 1863
the golgota policy of completely free trade - 1870's
The Regeneration movement - 1879 or 1884
the Constitution of 1886 - 1886 (cent. +2)
the War of a Thousand Days - 1899
The HayHerrán Treaty of - January 1903 (if it is not rejected, then there will be no Panama in 1903 at least)
the independent Republic of Panama - 1903
General Rafael Reyes - 1904
the Republican Union - 1910
Event Discriptions
Civil War and Gen. Herran - 1840
In 1840 the political ambitions of some department governors, the constitutional weakness of the president, and the suppression of some Roman Catholic monasteries in Pasto combined to ignite a civil war that ended with the victory of the government forces led by General Pedro Alcántara Herrán. This triumph brought Herrán to the presidency with the next election in 1841.
Gen. Herran elected - 1841
Herrán's victory in the civil war brought him to the presidency with the next election in 1841.
New Constitution - 1843
In 1843, Herrán's administration instituted a new constitution, which stipulated a greater centralization of power.
Lopez's Reforms - 1850
The election of General José Hilario López as president in 1849 marked a turning point for Colombia both economically and politically. Capitalism began to replace the old colonial structure, and the ideological differences between the established political parties overshadowed the previous emphasis on personalism. In 1850 the López administration instituted a socalled agrarian reform program and abolished slavery. In order to allow landowners access to more land, the agrarian reform program lifted the restrictions on the sale of resguardo lands; as a result, Indians became displaced from the countryside and moved to the cities, where they provided excess labor. In 1851 the government ended the state monopoly on tobacco cultivation and trade and declared an official separation of church and state. In addition, López took the education system from the hands of the church and subjected parish priests to popular elections.
the Lopez Constitution - 1853
In May of 1853, Congress adopted the constitution of 1853, which had been written under López. A liberal document, it had significant provisions defining the separation of church and state and freedom of worship and establishing male suffrage. The new constitution also mandated the direct election of the president, members of Congress, magistrates, and governors, and it granted extensive autonomy to the departments.
Melo's coup - april 1854
Despite the victory that the constitution represented for the Liberals, tensions grew between golgota and draconiano forces. When the draconianos found Obando to be compromising with the golgotas, General José María Melo led a coup d'état in April 1854, declared himself dictator, and dissolved Congress. Melo's rule, the only military dictatorship in the nineteenth century, lasted only eight months because he proved unable to consolidate the interests of the draconianos; he was deposed by an alliance of golgotas and Conservatives.
a new constitution - 1858
In 1857 PC candidate Mariano Ospina Rodríguez was elected president. The next year, his administration adopted a new constitution, which renamed the country the Grenadine Confederation, replaced the vice president with three designates elected by Congress, and set the presidential term at four years.
Mosquera and civil war - 1860
General Mosquera, the former president and the governor of the department of Cauca, emerged as the most important Liberal figure. A strong advocate of federalism, Mosquera threatened the secession of Cauca in the face of the centralization undertaken by the Conservatives. Mosquera, the golgotas, and their supporters declared a civil war in 1860, resulting in an almost complete obstruction of government. Because civil disorder prevented elections from being held as scheduled in 1861, Bartolomé Calvo, a Conservative in line for the presidency, assumed the office. In July 1861, Mosquera captured Bogotá, deposed Calvo, and took the title of provisional president of the United States of New Granada and supreme commander of war. A congress of plenipotentiaries chosen by the civil and military leaders of each department met in the capital in September 1861 in response to a call by the provisional government. Meanwhile, the war continued until Mosquera defeated the Conservatives and finally subdued the opposition in Antioquia in October 1862.
constitution of 1863(very US style) - 1863
In February 1863, a Liberal-only government convention met in Rionegro and enacted the constitution of 1863, which was to last until 1886. The Rionegro constitution renamed the nation the United States of Colombia. All powers not given to the central government were reserved for the states, including the right to engage in the commerce of arms and ammunition. The constitution contained fully defined individual liberties and guarantees as nearly absolute as possible, leaving the federal authority with little room to regulate society. The constitution also guaranteed Colombians the right to profess any religion.
the golgota policy of completely free trade - 1870's
Under the golgota policy of completely free trade, exports became a major element of the country's economy. Three main agricultural exports--tobacco, quinine, and coffee--developed, especially after 1850 when international markets were more favorable and accessible. Nonetheless, all three crops suffered from cyclical periods of high and low demand. By the 1880s, it was clear that tobacco and quinine would not be reliable exports in the long term because of stiff international competition. Coffee also faced competition but nevertheless succeeded in dominating the economy after the 1870s. The coffee merchants used their profits as middlemen to invest in domestic industries, producing goods such as textiles for domestic consumption, particularly in the Medellín area.
Columbia events
The Regeneration movement - 1879 or 1884
It became obvious to many Liberals and Conservatives that the lack of governmental authority stipulated in the Rionegro constitution was allowing the country to run a chaotic course and that the situation needed to be corrected. The Regeneration movement sought a basic shift in Colombia's direction. A key leader of the movement was Rafael Núñez, who was elected president in 1879 and held the office until 1882. Liberals and Conservatives who were disenchanted with the golgota governments joined to form the National Party, a coalition that in February 1884 brought Núñez to the presidency for a second term.
the Constitution of 1886 - 1886
The Nationalist leaders believed that ultraliberalism as practiced under the Rionegro constitution was not appropriate to the needs of the country and that a balance was needed between individual liberties and national order. Based on this philosophy, the Constitution of 1886 reversed the federalist trend and brought the country under strong centralist control. The Constitution renamed the country the Republic of Colombia and, with amendments, remained in effect in the late 1980s. The Constitution provides for a national rather than confederate system of government in which the president has more power than the governors, who head departments or two types of national territories known as intendencies (intendencias) and commissaryships (comisarias).
the War of a Thousand Days - 1899
The Sanclemente/Marroquín presidency faced increasing problems as the world price of coffee fell, which, because of reduced customs revenues, left the government bankrupt. The fiscal policy of issuing nonredeemable paper money, which had replaced the gold standard under Núñez, added to the increasing lack of confidence in the government.
In July 1899, in Santander, Liberals again attempted a revolution, known as the War of a Thousand Days. Historical Conservatives eventually cast their allegiance with the Nationalists, whereas the Peace and War factions of the PL remained split, thereby weakening the rebellion. Despite an initial victory in December 1899, the Liberal forces were outnumbered at Palonegro five months later. The defeat left the Liberal army decimated and demoralized and with little chance to succeed. The Liberal army changed its strategy from conventional tactics to guerrilla warfare, thus transforming the war into a desperate struggle that lasted for two more years.
In July 1900, Historical Conservatives, seeking a political solution to the war, supported Marroquín in a coup against Sanclemente. Contrary to what his supporters had expected, Marroquín adopted a hard line against the rebels and refused to negotiate a settlement. In November 1902, the defeated Liberal army negotiated a peace agreement with the government. The war took more than 100,000 lives and left the country devastated.
The Hay-Herrán Treaty of - January 1903
At the turn of the century, the United States recognized the strategic need to have access to a naval route connecting the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, such as a canal in the isthmus. The HayHerrán Treaty of January 1903, which was to have been the basis for allowing the United States canal project to proceed, was rejected by the Colombian Congress. Because the proposed Panamanian route was preferred over the Nicaraguan alternative, the United States encouraged the Panamanian separatist movement, militarily assisted Panama in its movement for independence, and immediately recognized the independent Republic of Panama States.
the independent Republic of Panama - 1903
The US President, Teddy Roosevelt, encouraged the Panamanian separatist movement, militarily assisted Panama in its movement for independence, and immediately recognized the independent Republic of Panama States.
General Rafael Reyes - 1904
General Rafael Reyes, elected president in 1904 with the support of moderate Conservatives, showed a determination to unify the republic, renew the nation's economy, and prevent any obstacle--constitutional or otherwise-- from standing in his way. Reyes's policies were a contradictory combination of political reconciliation and authoritarianism, which forced minority Liberal representation in government on the elected Conservative majority in Congress. His economic programs included a protectionist trade policy, which represented a major intervention of the state into economic activity. This trade policy encouraged domestic industrial growth, which in turn led to the growth of cities and the need to develop an urban infrastructure. To ensure the passage of his economic reforms, Reyes greatly strengthened the executive and thereby centralized power. He abolished Congress and replaced it with a National Assembly composed of three representatives from each department, selected by department officials appointed by Reyes. This action ensured the adequate representation of the Liberal support he needed in the legislative branch. This extraconstitutional body was designed to approve his decrees and to pass constitutional amendments. The National Assembly allowed Reyes to implement policies that sometimes were at odds with orthodox economic theory and therefore would not have been tolerated by a Conservative Congress. Through these measures, Reyes established a sound fiscal administration, stabilized the monetary system, initiated a return to the gold standard, restored Colombian credit abroad, attracted foreign capital, improved transportation, encouraged export agriculture, and aided domestic industry. At the same time, however, he aroused a great deal of political opposition.
the Republican Union - 1910
In June 1909, the Republican Union, a bipartisan group of Liberals and Historical Conservatives who opposed Reyes, won a majority in the congressional elections held to reestablish the Colombian Cngress. In acknowledgment of the political current against him, Reyes secretly resigned later that month and left the country. Carlos E. Restrepo, a Conservative who had been instrumental in founding the Republican Union, assumed the presidency after Reyes. The Republican Union represented a transformation in Colombian politics. The Liberal merchants and Conservative agriculturists found a common interest in coffee exports, which was quickly beginning to dominate the Colombian economy. Their mutual economic interest allowed the moderate factions of each party to join in a bipartisan coalition that gained political control at the end of the civil war. Although Conservatives retained nominal control of political institutions until 1930, they accepted and applied the principle of Liberal representation and participation in government.
Re: pimparel
Yes, I believe so too, especially if (I'll know for sure within hours, if I'm lucky...and then I can really start working on all this) the game doesn't do a good job of modeling it...
If any of you guys have some prior experience with programming AI files (for example with HoI?), that would be a great help.
In any case, I'd also agree with your suggestions, pimparel. A couple of comments.
Yes, there should be an event modeling the escalation of "tensions" between Paraguay and its neighbors in the years before the war (giving the human player a possibility of avoiding the "road to war" with the "B" option, for example..), which would also be used to activate the "2nd set" of AI (like you mentioned, there should be 2 different AIs here; one for Paraguay and one the other countries).
In order to return the AIs back to normal, I'd add that we'd need an event that would only be triggered when Paraguay is "losing" badly (ie: according to the provinces occupied by the other 3 countries), and maybe another one that should happen as an alternative (ie: if Paraguay is "winning" and/or has conquered certain enemy territories...it may seem strange, but a human player could do it).
Yes, I believe so too, especially if (I'll know for sure within hours, if I'm lucky...and then I can really start working on all this) the game doesn't do a good job of modeling it...
If any of you guys have some prior experience with programming AI files (for example with HoI?), that would be a great help.
In any case, I'd also agree with your suggestions, pimparel. A couple of comments.
Yes, there should be an event modeling the escalation of "tensions" between Paraguay and its neighbors in the years before the war (giving the human player a possibility of avoiding the "road to war" with the "B" option, for example..), which would also be used to activate the "2nd set" of AI (like you mentioned, there should be 2 different AIs here; one for Paraguay and one the other countries).
In order to return the AIs back to normal, I'd add that we'd need an event that would only be triggered when Paraguay is "losing" badly (ie: according to the provinces occupied by the other 3 countries), and maybe another one that should happen as an alternative (ie: if Paraguay is "winning" and/or has conquered certain enemy territories...it may seem strange, but a human player could do it).
Re: Columbian Events
First of all, thanks for this contribution...evidently, many of these events would have to be adapted to take advantage of Victoria's new options/POP model/etc., but yes, they should fit rather well.
Btw, a question...I suppose that most of the other AON guys would also allow some of their events/descriptions/ideas to be used (not only for South America, though this is our particular case ) in Victoria by now, no?
First of all, thanks for this contribution...evidently, many of these events would have to be adapted to take advantage of Victoria's new options/POP model/etc., but yes, they should fit rather well.
Btw, a question...I suppose that most of the other AON guys would also allow some of their events/descriptions/ideas to be used (not only for South America, though this is our particular case ) in Victoria by now, no?
I don't know about the other guys, check with them first. I certainly don't mind any of mine being used. Victoria seems to a much better engine for dealing with somthing as complex as Latin American politics and society in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Edit - Yep, most of the AON guys are going to work on making Vicky better now, at least with event descriptions, etc.
Edit - Yep, most of the AON guys are going to work on making Vicky better now, at least with event descriptions, etc.
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Brazil Events
Brazil Events
Ban on slave trade - 1850
The Land Law of 1850 - more immigrants pour in from Europe
Brazil's military intervention to end the rule in Buenos Aires of Juan Manuel de Rosas - 1852
British investment random? events - 1850's-60's
Paraguayan War events - 1864-1869
The Santos-São Paulo Railroad - 1868
Confederates refugees - late 1860's-70
The Rise of the Republicans - 1870
The Abolition of Slavery - 1888
I'll leave the Paraguayan War Events to someone with more detailed knowledge of it.
Event Descriptions
Ban on slave trade - 1850
Also in 1850, British pressure finally forced the Brazilian government to outlaw the African slave trade. London, tiring of Brazilian subterfuge, authorized its navy to seize slave ships in Brazilian waters, even in ports. Rather than risk open war with Britain, paralyzation of commerce, widespread slave unrest, and destabilization of the empire, the government outlawed the African slave trade. It deported a number of Portuguese slavers and instructed the provincial presidents, police, judges, and military to crack down. Over the next five years, even clandestine landings stopped, and despite the tempting rise of slave prices in the coffee districts of Rio de Janeiro Province, the trans-Atlantic trade ended. Although the British claimed credit, it should be noted that for the first time a Brazilian government had the power to enforce a law along the length of the coast. Also, internal support for the trade had weakened. Most slave importers were Portuguese, who had been selling the ever more expensive Africans to landowners on credit at climbing interest rates, in some cases forcing the latter into insolvency and loss of property. Xenophobia and the debts of the landed classes combined to support the government action.
FYI - Ending the slave trade had a number of consequences. First, because labor needs increased in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo as the world demand for coffee rose, Northeastern planters sold their surplus slaves to Southern growers. In addition, Parliament passed laws encouraging European immigration, as well as the Land Law of 1850. Second, ending the slave trade freed capital that could then be used for investment in transport and industrial enterprises. Third, it ensured that Britain did not interfere in Brazil's military intervention to end the rule in Buenos Aires of Juan Manuel de Rosas (president of Argentina, 1829-33, 1835-52).
The Land Law of 1850
The Land Law ended the colonial practice of obtaining land through squatting or royal grants and limited acquisition to purchase, thereby restricting the number of people who could become owners. By creating obstacles to landownership, the law's framers hoped to force free labor to work for existing landlords. However, proprietors sabotaged the law by not surveying their lands and not resolving their conflicting claims in order to keep titles cloudy and hence in their hands. One result of the uncertain titles was that slaves were used as collateral.
British investment random? events - 1850's-60's
Expanding coffee production in the 1850s and 1860s attracted British investment in railroads to speed transport of the beans to the coast. Generally the pattern was to connect a port with its export-oriented hinterland, creating a series of enclaves that were connected with each other by sea.
The Santos-São Paulo Railroad - 1868
The Santos-São Paulo Railroad was the first major breach of the coastal escarpment, which had slowed development of the Southern plateau.
The Rise of the Republicans - 1870
The end of the war coincided with the resurgence of republicanism as disenchanted liberals cast about for a new route to power. The 1867 collapse of the short-lived, French-sponsored Mexican monarchy of Maximilian left Brazil as the hemisphere's only monarchial regime. And because Argentina appeared to prosper in the 1870s and 1880s, it served as a powerful advertisement for republican government. The republican ideology spread in urban areas and in provinces, such as São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, where the people did not believe they benefited from imperial economic policies. The republican manifesto of 1870 proclaimed that "We are in America and we want to be Americans." Monarchy was, the writers asserted, hostile to the interests of the American states and would be a continuous source of conflict with Brazil's neighbors. The republicans embraced the abolition of slavery to remove the stigma of Brazil's being the only remaining slaveholding country (save for Spanish Cuba) in the hemisphere. It was not so much that they believed that slavery was wrong as that it gave the country an image distasteful to Europeans. Abolition, which would come in 1888, did not imply that liberals wanted deep social reform or desired a democratic society. Indeed, their arguments against slavery were weighted toward efficiency rather than morality. Once in power, the republicans looked to discipline the legally free work force with various systems of social control.
Brazil Events
Ban on slave trade - 1850
The Land Law of 1850 - more immigrants pour in from Europe
Brazil's military intervention to end the rule in Buenos Aires of Juan Manuel de Rosas - 1852
British investment random? events - 1850's-60's
Paraguayan War events - 1864-1869
The Santos-São Paulo Railroad - 1868
Confederates refugees - late 1860's-70
The Rise of the Republicans - 1870
The Abolition of Slavery - 1888
I'll leave the Paraguayan War Events to someone with more detailed knowledge of it.
Event Descriptions
Ban on slave trade - 1850
Also in 1850, British pressure finally forced the Brazilian government to outlaw the African slave trade. London, tiring of Brazilian subterfuge, authorized its navy to seize slave ships in Brazilian waters, even in ports. Rather than risk open war with Britain, paralyzation of commerce, widespread slave unrest, and destabilization of the empire, the government outlawed the African slave trade. It deported a number of Portuguese slavers and instructed the provincial presidents, police, judges, and military to crack down. Over the next five years, even clandestine landings stopped, and despite the tempting rise of slave prices in the coffee districts of Rio de Janeiro Province, the trans-Atlantic trade ended. Although the British claimed credit, it should be noted that for the first time a Brazilian government had the power to enforce a law along the length of the coast. Also, internal support for the trade had weakened. Most slave importers were Portuguese, who had been selling the ever more expensive Africans to landowners on credit at climbing interest rates, in some cases forcing the latter into insolvency and loss of property. Xenophobia and the debts of the landed classes combined to support the government action.
FYI - Ending the slave trade had a number of consequences. First, because labor needs increased in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo as the world demand for coffee rose, Northeastern planters sold their surplus slaves to Southern growers. In addition, Parliament passed laws encouraging European immigration, as well as the Land Law of 1850. Second, ending the slave trade freed capital that could then be used for investment in transport and industrial enterprises. Third, it ensured that Britain did not interfere in Brazil's military intervention to end the rule in Buenos Aires of Juan Manuel de Rosas (president of Argentina, 1829-33, 1835-52).
The Land Law of 1850
The Land Law ended the colonial practice of obtaining land through squatting or royal grants and limited acquisition to purchase, thereby restricting the number of people who could become owners. By creating obstacles to landownership, the law's framers hoped to force free labor to work for existing landlords. However, proprietors sabotaged the law by not surveying their lands and not resolving their conflicting claims in order to keep titles cloudy and hence in their hands. One result of the uncertain titles was that slaves were used as collateral.
British investment random? events - 1850's-60's
Expanding coffee production in the 1850s and 1860s attracted British investment in railroads to speed transport of the beans to the coast. Generally the pattern was to connect a port with its export-oriented hinterland, creating a series of enclaves that were connected with each other by sea.
The Santos-São Paulo Railroad - 1868
The Santos-São Paulo Railroad was the first major breach of the coastal escarpment, which had slowed development of the Southern plateau.
The Rise of the Republicans - 1870
The end of the war coincided with the resurgence of republicanism as disenchanted liberals cast about for a new route to power. The 1867 collapse of the short-lived, French-sponsored Mexican monarchy of Maximilian left Brazil as the hemisphere's only monarchial regime. And because Argentina appeared to prosper in the 1870s and 1880s, it served as a powerful advertisement for republican government. The republican ideology spread in urban areas and in provinces, such as São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, where the people did not believe they benefited from imperial economic policies. The republican manifesto of 1870 proclaimed that "We are in America and we want to be Americans." Monarchy was, the writers asserted, hostile to the interests of the American states and would be a continuous source of conflict with Brazil's neighbors. The republicans embraced the abolition of slavery to remove the stigma of Brazil's being the only remaining slaveholding country (save for Spanish Cuba) in the hemisphere. It was not so much that they believed that slavery was wrong as that it gave the country an image distasteful to Europeans. Abolition, which would come in 1888, did not imply that liberals wanted deep social reform or desired a democratic society. Indeed, their arguments against slavery were weighted toward efficiency rather than morality. Once in power, the republicans looked to discipline the legally free work force with various systems of social control.
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War of the Triple Alliance and Pacific War info
The War of the Triple Alliance
The Brazilian empire had lost the East Bank of the Río de la Plata with the founding of Uruguay in 1828, but it continued to meddle in that republic's affairs. Brazil's most important businessman, Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, the Visconde de Mauá, had such heavy financial interests there that his company was effectively the Uruguayan government's bank. Other Brazilians owned about 400 large estates (estancias) that took up nearly a third of the country's territory. They objected to the taxes the Uruguayans imposed when they drove their cattle back and forth to Rio Grande do Sul, and they took sides in the constant fighting between Uruguay's Colorado and Blanco political factions, which later became the Colorado Party and the National Party (Blancos). Some of Rio Grande do Sul's gauchos did not accept Uruguayan independence in 1828 and continually sought intervention.
In the mid-1860s, the imperial government conspired with Buenos Aires authorities to replace the Blanco regime in Montevideo with a Colorado one. The Blancos appealed to Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López (president, 1862-70), who harbored his own fears of the two larger countries and who regarded a threat to Uruguay as a menace to Paraguay. A small landlocked country, Paraguay had the largest army in the region: 64,000 soldiers compared with Brazil's standing army of 18,000. In 1864 Brazil and Argentina agreed to act together should Solano López attempt to save the Blancos. In September 1864, wrongly convinced that he would not be so foolish, the Brazilians sent troops into Uruguay to put the Colorados in power. Each side miscalculated the intentions, capabilities, and will of the other. Paraguay reacted by seizing Brazilian vessels on the Rio Paraguai and by attacking the province of Mato Grosso. Solano López, mistakenly expecting help from anti-Buenos Aires caudillos, sent his forces into Corrientes to get at Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay and found himself at war with both Argentina and Brazil. In May 1865, those two countries and Colorado-led Uruguay signed an alliance that aimed to transfer contested Paraguayan territory to the larger countries, to open Paraguayan rivers to international trade, and to remove Solano López. By September 1865, the allies had driven the Paraguayans out of Rio Grande do Sul, and they took the war into Paraguay when that country spurned their peace overtures.
Fiercely defending their homeland, the Guaraní-speaking Paraguayans defeated the allies at Curupaití in September 1866. The Argentine president, General Bartolomé Mitre (1861-68), took the bulk of his troops home to quell opposition to his war policy, leaving the Brazilians to soldier on. The famed General Lima e Silva, Marquis and later Duke of Caxias, took command of the allied forces and led them until the fall of Asunción in early 1869. With stubborn determination, the Brazilians pursued Solano López until they cornered and killed him. They then occupied Paraguay until 1878.
The war dragged on for several reasons. First, the Paraguayans were better prepared at the outset and conducted an effective offensive into the territories of their adversaries, immediately handing them defeats. Even later, when pushed back onto their own land, they had the advantages of knowing the ground, of having prepared defenses, and of fielding stubbornly loyal troops. Second, it took the Brazilians considerable time to marshal their forces and considerable effort and cost to keep them supplied. Third, the Argentines, hoping to improve their postwar situation in relation to Brazil, delayed operations partly to force the empire to weaken itself by expending its resources. Fourth, this was the era of "unconditional surrender." (My comment - Indeed "US" Grant, etc) It was militarily fashionable to pursue Solano López to the bitter end.
The war had important consequences for Brazil and the Río de la Plata region. It left Brazil and Argentina facing each other over a prostrate Paraguay and a dependent Uruguay, a situation that would soon turn into a tense rivalry that repeatedly assumed warlike postures. Historians debate the number of Paraguayan casualties, some asserting that 50 percent of Paraguayans were killed, others arguing that it was much less, possibly 8 to 9 percent of the prewar population total. Nonetheless, the losses from battle, disease, and starvation were severe and disrupted the development of the republic. In Brazil the war contributed to the growth of manufacturing, to the professionalization of the armed forces and their concentration in Rio Grande do Sul, to the building of roads and the settling of European immigrants in the southern provinces, and to the increased power of the central government. Most important for the future, the war brought the military firmly into the political arena. Military officers were keenly aware that the war had exposed the military's lack of equipment, training, and organization. Officers blamed these shortcomings on civilian officials. In the next decades, reformist officers seeking to modernize the army would criticize the Brazilian political structure and its peculiar culture as obstacles to modernization.
The Pacific War
State Entry Exit Combat Forces Population Losses
Bolivia 1879 1884 80000 3000000 1000
Chile 1879 1884 50000 6000000 10000
Peru 1879 1884 40000 2750000 1000
War of the Pacific, Spanish GUERRA DEL PACÍFICO (1879-83), conflict involving Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, which resulted in Chilean annexation of valuable disputed territory on the Pacific coast. It grew out of a dispute between Chile and Bolivia over control of a part of the Atacama Desert that lies between the 23rd and 26th parallels on the Pacific coast of South America. The territory contained valuable mineral resources, particularly sodium nitrate. (much small affair than the Paraguay War)
National borders in the region had never been definitively established; the two countries negotiated a treaty that recognized the 24th parallel as their boundary and that gave Chile the right to share the export taxes on the mineral resources of Bolivia's territory between the 23rd and 24th parallels. But Bolivia subsequently became dissatisfied at having to share its taxes with Chile and feared Chilean seizure of its coastal region where Chilean interests already controlled the mining industry. Peru's interest in the conflict stemmed from its traditional rivalry with Chile for hegemony on the Pacific coast. Also, the prosperity of the Peruvian government's guano (fertilizer) monopoly and the thriving nitrate industry in Peru's Tarapacá province were related to mining activities on the Bolivian coast.
In 1873 Peru agreed secretly with Bolivia to a mutual guarantee of their territories and independence. In 1874 Chilean-Bolivian relations were ameliorated by a revised treaty under which Chile relinquished its share of export taxes on minerals shipped from Bolivia, and Bolivia agreed not to raise taxes on Chilean enterprises in Bolivia for 25 years. Amity was broken in 1878 when Bolivia tried to increase the taxes of the Chilean Antofagasta Nitrate Company over the protests of the Chilean government. When Bolivia threatened to confiscate the company's property, Chilean armed forces occupied the port city of Antofagasta on Feb. 14, 1879. Bolivia then declared war on Chile and called upon Peru for help. Chile declared war on both Peru and Bolivia (April 5, 1879).
Chile easily occupied the Bolivian coastal region (Antofagasta province) and then took the offensive against more powerful Peru. Naval victories at Iquique (May 21, 1879) and Angamos (Oct. 8, 1879) enabled Chile to control the sea approaches to Peru. A Chilean army then invaded Peru. An attempt at mediation by the United States failed in October 1880, and Chilean forces occupied the Peruvian capital of Lima the following January. Peruvian resistance continued for three more years, with U.S. encouragement. Finally, on Oct. 20, 1883, Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which Tarapacá province was ceded to the latter.
Chile was also to occupy the provinces of Tacna and Arica for 10 years, after which a plebiscite was to be held to determine their nationality. But the two countries failed for decades to agree on what terms the plebiscite was to be conducted. This diplomatic dispute over Tacna and Arica was known as the Question of the Pacific. Finally, in 1929, through the mediation of the United States, an accord was reached by which Chile kept Arica; Peru reacquired Tacna and received $6 million indemnity and other concessions.
During the war Peru suffered the loss of thousands of people and much property, and, at the war's end, a seven-month civil war ensued; the nation foundered economically for decades thereafter. In 1884 a truce between Bolivia and Chile gave the latter control of the entire Bolivian coast (Antofagasta province), with its nitrate, copper, and other mineral industries; a treaty in 1904 made this arrangement permanent. In return Chile agreed to build a railroad connecting the Bolivian capital of La Paz with the port of Arica and guaranteed freedom of transit for Bolivian commerce through Chilean ports and territory. But Bolivia continued its attempt to break out of its landlocked situation through the La Plata river system to the Atlantic coast, an effort that led ultimately to the Chaco War (1932-35) between Bolivia and Paraguay.
The War of the Triple Alliance
The Brazilian empire had lost the East Bank of the Río de la Plata with the founding of Uruguay in 1828, but it continued to meddle in that republic's affairs. Brazil's most important businessman, Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, the Visconde de Mauá, had such heavy financial interests there that his company was effectively the Uruguayan government's bank. Other Brazilians owned about 400 large estates (estancias) that took up nearly a third of the country's territory. They objected to the taxes the Uruguayans imposed when they drove their cattle back and forth to Rio Grande do Sul, and they took sides in the constant fighting between Uruguay's Colorado and Blanco political factions, which later became the Colorado Party and the National Party (Blancos). Some of Rio Grande do Sul's gauchos did not accept Uruguayan independence in 1828 and continually sought intervention.
In the mid-1860s, the imperial government conspired with Buenos Aires authorities to replace the Blanco regime in Montevideo with a Colorado one. The Blancos appealed to Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López (president, 1862-70), who harbored his own fears of the two larger countries and who regarded a threat to Uruguay as a menace to Paraguay. A small landlocked country, Paraguay had the largest army in the region: 64,000 soldiers compared with Brazil's standing army of 18,000. In 1864 Brazil and Argentina agreed to act together should Solano López attempt to save the Blancos. In September 1864, wrongly convinced that he would not be so foolish, the Brazilians sent troops into Uruguay to put the Colorados in power. Each side miscalculated the intentions, capabilities, and will of the other. Paraguay reacted by seizing Brazilian vessels on the Rio Paraguai and by attacking the province of Mato Grosso. Solano López, mistakenly expecting help from anti-Buenos Aires caudillos, sent his forces into Corrientes to get at Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay and found himself at war with both Argentina and Brazil. In May 1865, those two countries and Colorado-led Uruguay signed an alliance that aimed to transfer contested Paraguayan territory to the larger countries, to open Paraguayan rivers to international trade, and to remove Solano López. By September 1865, the allies had driven the Paraguayans out of Rio Grande do Sul, and they took the war into Paraguay when that country spurned their peace overtures.
Fiercely defending their homeland, the Guaraní-speaking Paraguayans defeated the allies at Curupaití in September 1866. The Argentine president, General Bartolomé Mitre (1861-68), took the bulk of his troops home to quell opposition to his war policy, leaving the Brazilians to soldier on. The famed General Lima e Silva, Marquis and later Duke of Caxias, took command of the allied forces and led them until the fall of Asunción in early 1869. With stubborn determination, the Brazilians pursued Solano López until they cornered and killed him. They then occupied Paraguay until 1878.
The war dragged on for several reasons. First, the Paraguayans were better prepared at the outset and conducted an effective offensive into the territories of their adversaries, immediately handing them defeats. Even later, when pushed back onto their own land, they had the advantages of knowing the ground, of having prepared defenses, and of fielding stubbornly loyal troops. Second, it took the Brazilians considerable time to marshal their forces and considerable effort and cost to keep them supplied. Third, the Argentines, hoping to improve their postwar situation in relation to Brazil, delayed operations partly to force the empire to weaken itself by expending its resources. Fourth, this was the era of "unconditional surrender." (My comment - Indeed "US" Grant, etc) It was militarily fashionable to pursue Solano López to the bitter end.
The war had important consequences for Brazil and the Río de la Plata region. It left Brazil and Argentina facing each other over a prostrate Paraguay and a dependent Uruguay, a situation that would soon turn into a tense rivalry that repeatedly assumed warlike postures. Historians debate the number of Paraguayan casualties, some asserting that 50 percent of Paraguayans were killed, others arguing that it was much less, possibly 8 to 9 percent of the prewar population total. Nonetheless, the losses from battle, disease, and starvation were severe and disrupted the development of the republic. In Brazil the war contributed to the growth of manufacturing, to the professionalization of the armed forces and their concentration in Rio Grande do Sul, to the building of roads and the settling of European immigrants in the southern provinces, and to the increased power of the central government. Most important for the future, the war brought the military firmly into the political arena. Military officers were keenly aware that the war had exposed the military's lack of equipment, training, and organization. Officers blamed these shortcomings on civilian officials. In the next decades, reformist officers seeking to modernize the army would criticize the Brazilian political structure and its peculiar culture as obstacles to modernization.
The Pacific War
State Entry Exit Combat Forces Population Losses
Bolivia 1879 1884 80000 3000000 1000
Chile 1879 1884 50000 6000000 10000
Peru 1879 1884 40000 2750000 1000
War of the Pacific, Spanish GUERRA DEL PACÍFICO (1879-83), conflict involving Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, which resulted in Chilean annexation of valuable disputed territory on the Pacific coast. It grew out of a dispute between Chile and Bolivia over control of a part of the Atacama Desert that lies between the 23rd and 26th parallels on the Pacific coast of South America. The territory contained valuable mineral resources, particularly sodium nitrate. (much small affair than the Paraguay War)
National borders in the region had never been definitively established; the two countries negotiated a treaty that recognized the 24th parallel as their boundary and that gave Chile the right to share the export taxes on the mineral resources of Bolivia's territory between the 23rd and 24th parallels. But Bolivia subsequently became dissatisfied at having to share its taxes with Chile and feared Chilean seizure of its coastal region where Chilean interests already controlled the mining industry. Peru's interest in the conflict stemmed from its traditional rivalry with Chile for hegemony on the Pacific coast. Also, the prosperity of the Peruvian government's guano (fertilizer) monopoly and the thriving nitrate industry in Peru's Tarapacá province were related to mining activities on the Bolivian coast.
In 1873 Peru agreed secretly with Bolivia to a mutual guarantee of their territories and independence. In 1874 Chilean-Bolivian relations were ameliorated by a revised treaty under which Chile relinquished its share of export taxes on minerals shipped from Bolivia, and Bolivia agreed not to raise taxes on Chilean enterprises in Bolivia for 25 years. Amity was broken in 1878 when Bolivia tried to increase the taxes of the Chilean Antofagasta Nitrate Company over the protests of the Chilean government. When Bolivia threatened to confiscate the company's property, Chilean armed forces occupied the port city of Antofagasta on Feb. 14, 1879. Bolivia then declared war on Chile and called upon Peru for help. Chile declared war on both Peru and Bolivia (April 5, 1879).
Chile easily occupied the Bolivian coastal region (Antofagasta province) and then took the offensive against more powerful Peru. Naval victories at Iquique (May 21, 1879) and Angamos (Oct. 8, 1879) enabled Chile to control the sea approaches to Peru. A Chilean army then invaded Peru. An attempt at mediation by the United States failed in October 1880, and Chilean forces occupied the Peruvian capital of Lima the following January. Peruvian resistance continued for three more years, with U.S. encouragement. Finally, on Oct. 20, 1883, Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which Tarapacá province was ceded to the latter.
Chile was also to occupy the provinces of Tacna and Arica for 10 years, after which a plebiscite was to be held to determine their nationality. But the two countries failed for decades to agree on what terms the plebiscite was to be conducted. This diplomatic dispute over Tacna and Arica was known as the Question of the Pacific. Finally, in 1929, through the mediation of the United States, an accord was reached by which Chile kept Arica; Peru reacquired Tacna and received $6 million indemnity and other concessions.
During the war Peru suffered the loss of thousands of people and much property, and, at the war's end, a seven-month civil war ensued; the nation foundered economically for decades thereafter. In 1884 a truce between Bolivia and Chile gave the latter control of the entire Bolivian coast (Antofagasta province), with its nitrate, copper, and other mineral industries; a treaty in 1904 made this arrangement permanent. In return Chile agreed to build a railroad connecting the Bolivian capital of La Paz with the port of Arica and guaranteed freedom of transit for Bolivian commerce through Chilean ports and territory. But Bolivia continued its attempt to break out of its landlocked situation through the La Plata river system to the Atlantic coast, an effort that led ultimately to the Chaco War (1932-35) between Bolivia and Paraguay.
Very good work, Elias Tarfarius.
By the way, that country is called Colombia not Columbia.
Keep up the good work.
By the way, that country is called Colombia not Columbia.
Keep up the good work.
A link to a thread where I've commented on a few issues that I've detected in the northern South America setup (hopefully they can be fixed officially, if not, then I guess we'll have to do that through VIP...)
Default Events
And btw, I think we should have a list of the events (and leaders/etc.) that are already officially included, for reference, so as to get a better idea of the lacking/needed events (among other things):
For example:
Argentina
Normal:
1852: Rosas: the End of a Dictator
1853: National unity
1860: Bartolomé Mitre
Flavor:
1852: Juan Bautista Alberdi
1845: Facundo: or, Civilization and Barbarism
-------
Brazil
Normal:
1850: Slave Trade Ended
1885: Slavery Abolished
1889: End of Brazilian Monarchy
Flavor:
1865: O Navio Negreiro
1895: O Jogo bonito, the beautiful game
1837: The Sabinada
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Bolivia: None
Chile:None
Colombia: None
----------
Ecuador
Normal
1862: Ecuador become a Papal Satellite
Flavor:None
---------
Paraguay: None
--------
Peru
1837: Friction within the Union
1837: Union Peru-Bolivia dissolves
1845: Union Peru-Bolivia survives
Flavor:
1911: Macchu Picchu is discovered!
1845: Wealth from Guano
---------
Uruguay:
Normal:None
Flavor:
1911: Jose Batlle y Ordonez
---------
Venezuela:None
Panama: None
---------
Might have missed a few (will go through this once again later), but it seems that there's a lot of work still to be done, indeed.
And btw, I think we should have a list of the events (and leaders/etc.) that are already officially included, for reference, so as to get a better idea of the lacking/needed events (among other things):
For example:
Argentina
Normal:
1852: Rosas: the End of a Dictator
1853: National unity
1860: Bartolomé Mitre
Flavor:
1852: Juan Bautista Alberdi
1845: Facundo: or, Civilization and Barbarism
-------
Brazil
Normal:
1850: Slave Trade Ended
1885: Slavery Abolished
1889: End of Brazilian Monarchy
Flavor:
1865: O Navio Negreiro
1895: O Jogo bonito, the beautiful game
1837: The Sabinada
--------
Bolivia: None
Chile:None
Colombia: None
----------
Ecuador
Normal
1862: Ecuador become a Papal Satellite
Flavor:None
---------
Paraguay: None
--------
Peru
1837: Friction within the Union
1837: Union Peru-Bolivia dissolves
1845: Union Peru-Bolivia survives
Flavor:
1911: Macchu Picchu is discovered!
1845: Wealth from Guano
---------
Uruguay:
Normal:None
Flavor:
1911: Jose Batlle y Ordonez
---------
Venezuela:None
Panama: None
---------
Might have missed a few (will go through this once again later), but it seems that there's a lot of work still to be done, indeed.
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Default leaders
Same thing, now for the leaders:
Argentina
Generals:
Alvear
Paz
Urquiza
Mitre
Roca
Uriburu
Admirals:
Brown
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Brazil
Generals:
Duque de Caxias
Conde d'Eu
Marques do Erval
da Silva Rondon
Admirals:
Marques de Tamandaré
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Bolivia
Generals:
Santa Cruz #Andrés de
Ballivián #José
Belzú #Manuel Isidoro
Melgarejo #Valencia
Daza #Hilarión
Campero #Narciso
Montes #Ismael
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Chile
Generals:
Bulnes #Manuel
Cruz #José María de la
Arteaga #Justo
Baquedano #Manuel
Admirals:
Rebolledo #Juan Williams
Riveros #Galvarino
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Colombia
None
-------
Ecuador
Generals:
Flores #Juan José
Urbina #José María
García Moreno #Gabriel
Veintemilla #Ignacio de
Alfaro #José Eloy
---------
Paraguay:
Generals:
Francia #José Gaspar Rodríguez
C.A. López #Carlos Antonio
Wisner #Francisco
Meza #Pedro Ignatio
F.S. López #Francisco Solano
Diaz #José Eduvigis
Caballero #Bernardino
--------
Peru
Generals:
Santa Cruz ## Andres de Santa Cruz ##
Admirals:
Grau ## Miguel Grau ##
---------
Uruguay:
Generals:
Rivera #José Fructuoso
Garibaldi #Giuseppe
Flores #Venancio
Latorre #Lorenzo
Santos #Máximo
Tajes #Máximo
---------
Venezuela
Generals:
Páez #José Antonio
Monagas #José Tadeo
Falcón #Juan
Blanco #Antonio Guzmán
Castro #Cipriano
Gómez #Juan Vicente
----------
Panama:
None
-----------
A much more even situation here, but still I guess some leaders must be added too, in order to balance things a bit (again, it's not impossible that I may have committed a mistake or two when making the list).
EDIT: Deleted the ( " )s left over from the "copy&paste".
Same thing, now for the leaders:
Argentina
Generals:
Alvear
Paz
Urquiza
Mitre
Roca
Uriburu
Admirals:
Brown
-------
Brazil
Generals:
Duque de Caxias
Conde d'Eu
Marques do Erval
da Silva Rondon
Admirals:
Marques de Tamandaré
--------
Bolivia
Generals:
Santa Cruz #Andrés de
Ballivián #José
Belzú #Manuel Isidoro
Melgarejo #Valencia
Daza #Hilarión
Campero #Narciso
Montes #Ismael
----------
Chile
Generals:
Bulnes #Manuel
Cruz #José María de la
Arteaga #Justo
Baquedano #Manuel
Admirals:
Rebolledo #Juan Williams
Riveros #Galvarino
-----
Colombia
None
-------
Ecuador
Generals:
Flores #Juan José
Urbina #José María
García Moreno #Gabriel
Veintemilla #Ignacio de
Alfaro #José Eloy
---------
Paraguay:
Generals:
Francia #José Gaspar Rodríguez
C.A. López #Carlos Antonio
Wisner #Francisco
Meza #Pedro Ignatio
F.S. López #Francisco Solano
Diaz #José Eduvigis
Caballero #Bernardino
--------
Peru
Generals:
Santa Cruz ## Andres de Santa Cruz ##
Admirals:
Grau ## Miguel Grau ##
---------
Uruguay:
Generals:
Rivera #José Fructuoso
Garibaldi #Giuseppe
Flores #Venancio
Latorre #Lorenzo
Santos #Máximo
Tajes #Máximo
---------
Venezuela
Generals:
Páez #José Antonio
Monagas #José Tadeo
Falcón #Juan
Blanco #Antonio Guzmán
Castro #Cipriano
Gómez #Juan Vicente
----------
Panama:
None
-----------
A much more even situation here, but still I guess some leaders must be added too, in order to balance things a bit (again, it's not impossible that I may have committed a mistake or two when making the list).
EDIT: Deleted the ( " )s left over from the "copy&paste".
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Just to remember here that when we switch to actually write the events, we can't put commas (,) on their descriptions, otherwise it would give troubles because the gamefiles are all based on commas to separate the fields.
Only a small note.
Only a small note.
Yes, you're right...it shows up like that ONLY because I used "copy&paste" there. So well...I've erased them now.
Yes, but in this case (and that of several other events), for example, it can happen (with an offset of 30) anytime between 1885 and 1920. "Exact" dates aren't always being used.