A1

FINAL OUTCOME CARD - A1

THEY'RE NOT LEAVING.

The trading post grows.

More ships arrive.

Then soldiers arrive to protect the traders.

The visitors begin making agreements directly with local leaders instead of going through you.

You thought you were allowing a business.

You may have just allowed the beginning of a colony.

HISTORY REVEAL

You are experiencing the early Portuguese expansion into the Indian Ocean.

Portuguese explorers originally arrived looking for trade routes to valuable Asian goods. But Portugal soon began building fortified trading posts and using military force to control important ports and shipping routes.