government = administrative_republic
aristocracy_plutocracy = 1
centralization_decentralization = 2
innovative_narrowminded = -1
mercantilism_freetrade = -2
offensive_defensive = 2
land_naval = -1
quality_quantity = 1
serfdom_freesubjects = 5
technology_group = western
primary_culture = american
religion = protestant
capital = 965	# New York


1700.1.1 = { decision = agricultural_cultivation }

1700.9.6  = {
	monarch = {
		name = "The Continental Congress"
		female = yes # this is to prevent it being made into a military leader
		adm = 8	
		dip = 7	
		mil = 7
	}
}

1750.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Baron von Steuben"     	type = general	rank = 3	fire = 3	shock = 3	manuever = 4	siege = 0 death_date = 1794.11.28 } }

1755.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Anthony Wayne"         	type = general	rank = 4	fire = 2	shock = 3	manuever = 5	siege = 0  death_date = 1795.12.15 } }

1765.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "George Washington"     	type = general	rank = 1	fire = 2	shock = 2	manuever = 6	siege = 0  death_date = 1799.12.14 } }

1770.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Horatio Gates"         	type = general	rank = 2	fire = 2	shock = 2	manuever = 2	siege = 0  death_date = 1806.4.10 } }

1770.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Charles Lee"          	type = general	rank = 3	fire = 2	shock = 3	manuever = 3	siege = 0  death_date = 1782.10.2 } }

1770.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Nathanael Greene"      	type = general	rank = 4	fire = 2	shock = 2	manuever = 4	siege = 0  death_date = 1786.6.19 } }

1770.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Benjamin Lincoln"      	type = general	rank = 5	fire = 2	shock = 2	manuever = 3	siege = 0  death_date = 1810.5.9 } }

1773.1.1  = { quality_quantity = -1 offensive_defensive = 1 } # The Creation of the Continental Army

1775.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Benedict Arnold"        type = general	rank = 1	fire = 3	shock = 4	manuever = 4	siege = 0  death_date = 1780.7.1 } }

1776.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Thaddeus Kosciuszko"    type = general	rank = 7	fire = 3	shock = 3	manuever = 4	siege = 0  death_date = 1784.7.1 } }

1776.1.1 = { capital = 956 } # Philadelphia

1776.12.1 = { leader = {	name = "George Rogers Clark"	type = general	rank = 5	fire = 1	shock = 1	manuever = 4	siege = 0  death_date = 1793.2.2 } }

1777.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Casimir Pulaski"        type = general	rank = 6	fire = 2	shock = 3	manuever = 4	siege = 0  death_date = 1779.10.11 } }

1780.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Gilbert Lafayette" 	type = general	rank = 6	fire = 2	shock = 2	manuever = 4	siege = 0  death_date = 1834.5.20 } }

1786.10.1 = { aristocracy_plutocracy = 0 centralization_decentralization = 0 government = constitutional_republic } # The US Constitution

1789.3.4  = { capital = 965 } # New York

1789.4.30 = {
	monarch = {
		name = "George Washington"
		adm = 8	
		dip = 8	
		mil = 9
	}
}

1790.12.6  = { capital = 956 } # Philadelphia

1797.3.4  = { aristocracy_plutocracy = -1 centralization_decentralization = 0 } # US.Presidential Election of 1796

1797.3.4  = {
	monarch = {
		name = "John Adams"
		adm = 8	
		dip = 7	
		mil = 5
	}
}

1799.1.1 = { decision = judiciary_act }

1800.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Solomon van Rensselaer"	type = general	rank = 5	fire = 4	shock = 4	manuever = 4	siege = 0  death_date =  1852.4.23 } }

1800.5.14 = { capital = 953 } # Washington

1801.3.4  = { centralization_decentralization = 1 aristocracy_plutocracy = 0 } # US.Presidential Election of 1800

1801.3.4 = {
	monarch = {
		name = "Thomas Jefferson"
		adm = 8
		dip = 7
		mil = 6
	}
}

1804.1.1 = { decision = abolish_slavery_act }

1805.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "William Hull"		type = general	rank = 4	fire = 2	shock = 2	manuever = 3	siege = 0  death_date = 1825.11.29 } }

1808.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Wade Hampton I"		type = general	rank = 5	fire = 3	shock = 2	manuever = 2	siege = 0 death_date =  1814.4.6 } }

1809.3.4  = {
	monarch = {
		name = "James Madison"	
		adm = 8	
		dip = 8	
		mil = 6
	}
}

1810.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "William H. Harrison"	type = general	rank = 2	fire = 3	shock = 3	manuever = 4	siege = 1  death_date = 1813.10.5 } }

1810.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "Oliver Hazard Perry"	type = admiral	rank = 1	fire = 5	shock = 4	manuever = 5	siege = 0  death_date = 1819.8.29 } }

1812.1.1  = { leader = {	name = "James Wilkinson"	type = general	rank = 2	fire = 2	shock = 3	manuever = 2	siege = 0  death_date = 1825.12.28 } }

1812.1.27 = { leader = {	name = "Henry Dearborn"		type = general	rank = 5	fire = 2	shock = 2	manuever = 3	siege = 0  death_date = 1813.7.6 } }

1817.3.4  = {
	monarch = {
		name = "James Monroe"
		adm = 9	
		dip = 8	
		mil = 6
	}
}
