Quote Originally Posted by Zenicetus
I'm just curious about how they'll handle this, since I haven't seen any indication that the game has more than one choice of starting period. The game can't handicap an American player with a late start vs. the other factions, so how does that work? If you choose America, do you start as a British colony faction on good terms with the crown (which is another faction), and then you can rebel whenever you want?
Quote from CA (many thanks ICEK for the link);

"CA are going to enable players to play as the newly colonised Americas, fighting for their independence from the British. The revolutionary war began in 1775 and continued on until 1783 - the tail end of Empire's period, but that doesn't matter. "

So it does look as if the player can decide the timing of the American revolution.