United States (revolutionary)

This article is about the revolutionary civilization. For other uses, see United States (disambiguation).

United States
Nation information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Revolt from	British Dutch French Italians Swedes
Revolt Age	Industrial Age
Continent	North America
Home City	New York City
Features/Characteristics
Unique units	Revolutionary Sharpshooter
Unique upgrades	Knowlton Ranger (Spy)

United States is one of the revolutionary nations in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Swedes.

Effects

• Sets population space to 200.
• Removes training Settlers/Merchants/Coureurs des Bois and Fishing Boats.
• Turns all villagers into Revolutionaries.
• Ships 1 General and 1 Fort Wagon.
• Existing and new Forts spawn 2 Gatling Guns; Gatling Guns can be trained at Artillery Foundries and Forts.
• The in-game demonym changes to "Revolutionary Americans".

Home City Cards

• Purple: Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
• Blue: Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Card	Description
Lexington Minutemen	Ships 16 Militiamen; Militiamen retain their hit points 80% longer and can now be called from Outposts and Forts
Rhode Island Militia	Ships 10 Veteran State Militia and 5 Militiamen; Caravels, Galleons/Fluyts, Frigates, and Ironclads get +10% ranged attack per garrisoned State Militia and/or Militiaman (up to +60%); turns all Crossbowmen/Longbowmen and Pikemen into State Militia; State Militia replace Crossbowmen, Longbowmen, Pikemen, and Halberdiers at Barracks and Forts, and can be upgraded to Guard
Powder Alarm	Ships 5 Petards and 2 Depot Wagons; ships 1 Depot Wagon with all future shipments
Marion's Diversions	Ships 2 Quaker Guns; Quaker Gun available at the Artillery Foundry; artillery get +5% speed
25 Bourbon Allies	Ships 25 Royal Musketeers and upgrades them to Veteran (if not already); costs 1,000 coin
Lee's Continental Light Dragoons	Ships 12 Carbine Cavalry; turns all Dragoons/Ruyters/Hakkapelits into Carbine Cavalry; Carbine Cavalry replace Dragoons/Ruyters/Hakkapelits at Stables, Forts, and Galleons/Fluyts; upgrades Carbine Cavalry to Guard and allows them to be upgraded to Veteran (if revolting from the Dutch) *
Morgan's Continental Sharpshooters	Ships 12 Revolutionary Sharpshooters; turns all Skirmishers/Bersaglieri/Rangers into Revolutionary Sharpshooters; Revolutionary Sharpshooters can be trained at Forts *
Haslet's Continental Regiment	Ships 12 Regulars; turns all Musketeers/Caroleans into Regulars; Regulars replace Musketeers/Caroleans at Barracks, Forts, and Galleons *
Pulaski's Continental Cavalry	Ships 12 Prussian Uhlans; Prussian Uhlans can be trained at Forts; Hussars cost -10% and their upgrades cost -50%; costs 1,000 food
Washington's Continental Grenadiers	Ships 16 Legion Grenadiers with "Grenade Launchers"; Legion Grenadiers can be trained at Forts; costs 1,000 coin
Knox's Continental Artillery	Ships 5 Consulate Culverins; artillery get +10% hit points and -10% train time, Culverins get +20% hit points and -25% train time instead; costs 500 wood
Bushnell's Continental Sappers	Ships 6 Stealth Petards; Petards can use stealth; costs 500 coin
Knowlton's Continental Rangers	Ships 12 Spies; upgrades Spies to Knowlton Rangers which get +60% hit points, +15 Line of Sight, a ranged attack, and now are tagged as ranged infantry instead of hand infantry; reduces the effects of the "Agents", "Assassins" Home City Cards, and Military Drummers technology for Spies; costs 1,000 food
4 Gatling Guns	Ships 4 Gatling Guns
16 Revolutionaries	Ships 4 Revolutionaries
2 Ironclads	Ships 2 Ironclads
1 Fort Wagon	Ships 1 Fort Wagon; Fort build limit +1
Citizenship	Ships 6 Citizens; Citizens can to be trained at Town Centers for 70 coin; Fishing Boats can be trained at Docks
European Immigrants	Ships 6 Settlers and 4 Settler Wagons; gives a trickle of 0.45 XP/sec.; costs 500 food
Fertile Lowlands	Ships 6 semi-fattened Cows and 2 Homestead Wagons
Land of Washington	Allows the General to plant the Inspiring Flag anywhere; Inspiring Flag improves the working rate of military buildings by 50% in a radius of 14
Hero of the Two Worlds	The Explorer can act like an Inspiring Flag; allows the General to receive Home City shipments
American Patriotism	State Militia train time -45%; Regular and Revolutionary Sharpshooter train time -35%; Carbine Cavalry and Legion Grenadier train time -25%; Home City Cards' that enables unique units for the Revolution arrive time -25%
Continental Army	Turns all Revolutionaries into Regulars; Regulars, Revolutionary Sharpshooters, Carbine Cavalry, Revolutionaries, Militiamen, and Prussian Uhlans get +15% hit points and attack; General and Legion Grenadiers get +10% hit points and attack; costs 500 coin
Pennsylvania Long Rifles	Skirmishers, Rangers, Bersaglieri, and Papal Zouaves get +3 Line of Sight and +2 range; State Militia, Militiamen, and Spies get +4 Line of Sight and range

Strategy

As with most revolutionary nations in the Definitive Edition, picking the United States can be a finishing move, as each Settler becomes a Revolutionary. However, unlike most other revolutionary nations, picking the United States also gives good bonuses for defense. Picking the United States may be preferred if the player previously focused on improving their defense and building statistics.

Most of the strategy involving the United States revolves around Forts and Gatling Guns. Once the player revolts, they receive a Fort wagon at their shipment point and each already deployed Fort will spawn a Gatling Gun, which will also receive more hitpoints. The United states also have the Volunteers shipment, which basically enables each Fort to spawn 4 Volunteers, which are basically a Skirmisher with overall better statistics, so with each Fort the player will have a small army ready to be used. Another complement to this strategy is the Conspription card, wich enables Forts to use Levy and Conscription (the latter if the required shipment Town Militia has been sent previously). In addition to this, Militiamen no longer lose hit points, making it viable to use them for an attack against an opponent.

Another great asset that the United States provides is the Native American Allies card, which ships 3 Native Embassy Travois and enables the player to train Cheyenne Riders, Comanche Horse Archers, Klamath Riflemen and Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen, regardless of the map, so if the player previously focused on improving their native units, picking the United States for revolting can be a good choice.

Last but not least, like many other American Revolutionary nations, the United States grants access to a Comanchero-like unit that gathers food from herdable animals through the Cowboys shipment.

Recommended shipments

For all civilizations

• 1 Covered Wagon: Since Militiamen can be improved with Conscription, having an extra Town Center may be helpful.
• Cavalry Combat: it Benefits Cowboys, Comanche Horse Archers, and Cheyenne Riders. The Swedes lack this shipment.
• Fencing School: Improves the creation speed of Klamath Riflemen, Revolutionaries, and Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen.
• Riding School: This can facilitate the further creation of Cowboys, Comanche Horse Archers, and Cheyenne Riders
• Advanced Arsenal (For French, British and Dutch): Improvements allowed by this shipment benefit land units the United States provides. The Italians lack this shipment, but have the better Milanese Arsenal instead. The Swedes lack this shipment, but they have all Arsenal technologies available already.
• Stockyards: Cowboys can gather food from herdables, and this shipment helps to fatten those faster.
• Ranching : Having extra fattened herdable animals beforehand is helpful, since Cowboys can gather them, so economy may not be too constricted when revolting.
• Landgrab: Makes Livestock Pens cheaper, which synergizes with the Cowboy ability of gathering from herdable animals.
• Native Warriors: Makes the native units provided with "Native American Allies" cheaper. The Italians lack this shipment.
• Engineering School (French and Swedes): Makes it easier to amass Gatling Guns.
• Town Mililita: Makes a perfect synergy with the "Conscription" shipment.
• Improved Buildings/Advanced Buildings: Since Forts play an important role in the United States' strategy, it is a good idea to have bulkier Forts.
• Heavy Fortifications: Grants all defensive building upgrades (if not already researched).
• Fort shipments, especially Castrametation: since one Gatling Gun is spawned from each Fort when revolting into the United States, having extra Forts in advance is helpful; also, enabling the Explorer to rebuilt Forts is also helpful.
• Factory shipments: Since the economy is stopped until the Citizenship card is sent, it is a good idea to have a trickle of resources.
• Colbertism (Swedes, Dutch and French): gives a trickle of food that can be helpful when revolting.
• Distributivism (British and French): Gives a trickle of wood that can be helpful when revolting.

For British

• TEAM Wool Staple Ports: since Cowboys can gather from herdables, it is a good idea to have already fattened animals.

For Dutch

• Infantry Attack: It benefits Revolutionary Sharpshooters.
• TEAM Infantry Hitpoints: it benefits Revolutionary Sharpshooters, Revolutionaries, Klamath Rifleman, Militiamen, and Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen.
• Bank Shipments: Having a gold trickle while revolting is highly helpful.

For French

• Long Range Infantry Hitpoints: It benefits Revolutionary Sharpshooters.
• TEAM Ranged Infantry attack: It Benefits Revolutionary Sharpshooters, Revolutionaries, Klamath Riflemen, Militiamen, and Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen.
• Native Warrior Combat: Benefits Comanche Horse Archers, Klamath Riflemen, Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen, and Cheyenne Riders.
• TEAM Improved Native Warriors: Benefits Comanche Horse Archers, Klamath Riflemen, Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen, and Cheyenne Riders.
• Wilderness Warfare: Benefits Comanche Horse Archers, Klamath Riflemen, Seminole Sharktooth Bowmen, and Cheyenne Riders.

For Swedes

• Case Shot: It benefits Gatling Guns
• TEAM Ranged Cavalry Combat: Benefits Cowboys and Comanche Horse Archers.
• TEAM Engineering School: makes easier to amass Gatling Guns.
• Kalmar Castle: Ships a Fort and gives Forts an aura that increases the experience yield
• Torp shipments: Since Torps gather resources and Revolutions momentarily stops the economy, it is a good idea to have better gathering ratios for Torps.

For Italians

• Capitalism: Trickles of resources may be needed with revolutions like the United States
• Lombard Shipments: Lombards can be a great tool for balancing economy in absence of villagers
• Milanese Arsenal: Ships 1 Arsenal Wagon; Arsenal upgrades are 50% cheaper; provides Arsenals with more technologies.
• Venetian Arsenal: Enables Arsenals to improve the workrate of nearby military buildings, and Forts count as a military building.
• Schiavoni Swords: All cavalry and infantry get +15% hand attack. This benefits all United States units in their hand attack mode.
• Infantry Hitpoints: It improves Militiamen, Revolutionaries, and Volunteers
• Cavalry Combat: It benefits Cowboys.

Recommended politicians

Commerce Age

• The Governor (all): Since this revolution focuses on Forts and map control, The Governor is a good start
• The Logistician (All except Dutch): In all cases except the Dutch, he sends an Arsenal Wagon, which may aid for improving Gatling Guns and Volunteers. For the Dutch, it ships a Military Wagon and allows Halberdiers earlier, so for them he is not that synergistic.
• The Naturalist (All Except Italians): She gives an early economic boost that may be used for a fast Revolution strategy. Also, since it is likely the player has a deck with improvements for herdable animals (like Cows) because of the advantages of this revolution, she synergizes quite well.
• The Medici (Italians): Gives a Settler and a Lombard Wagon that are helpful for performing a Fast Revolution strategy. The Lombard is also useful when revolting, since it can keep the economy going a bit.
• The Philosopher Prince: (British, Italians and Swedes): Like The Naturalist, he can make for a fast age advancement.
• The Quartermaster (Dutch and French): The wood given can be helpful for more fortifications.

Fortress Age

• The Bishop (All): The Covered Wagon provided helps to reach the Revolution while also improving economy.
• The Exiled Prince (Swedes, Dutch and French): His fast aging-up bonus may help to save time and get the Revolution earlier.
• The Mohawk Statesman (French and British): Given the United States has some shipments focused on native units, it makes it likely the player may have a base deck that focuses on native units, so this politician synergizes nicely.

Industrial Age

• The Engineer (All except Dutch): since Gatling Guns can be improved with the same shipments required for improving Falconets, he may synergize with the United States.
• The Logistician (British, Dutch and Italians): The United States strategy requires Forts. so having one previously to revolting is useful.
• The Viceroy (British and Dutch): The additional Villagers will become revolutionaries. Also, the economic boost is a good preparation for a revolution.
• The Tycoon (All except Italians): The coin crates allow for a Fast Revolution strategy.
• The Pope (Italians): The experience given can be used for United States shipments.

Trivia

• The United States' availability to the British represents the United States itself being founded after a revolt against British rule. and British (including Scottish, Irish, Manx, Welsh, Cornish) immigrants in the United States.
• The United States' availability to the French represents former French territories becoming part of the British colonies after losing the French and Indian War, or the Louisiana Purchase when a large swath of French territory to the west of the Mississippi River was purchased under American control. and Fayette's Army or French immigrants in the United States.
• The United States' availability to the Dutch represents New Amsterdam being taken from the Dutch to British control, which eventually became one of the largest cities in the then-new American nation and Dutch immigrants in the United States.
• The United States' availability to the Swedes reflects the Swedish colonies in the Americas and Swedish immigrants in the United States.
• The United States' availability to the Italians represents the Italian Immigration to the USA.
• It is possible for a player who revolted to the United States to encounter another player who starts off as the United States. However, both United States players will remain separate, either as allies or as enemies.