Thanks for the reply. Very helpful.

Thank you, very helpful. will probably start a new game soon since there is no hope for me in 1762.

French and Indian War: So...I recently loaded this up after a few years sitting in the "shelf." I patched it, and it seems to have made this campaign harder (starting from 1755). I never really had problems in the South before, and now I'm getting raided like crazy. How do I counter this? ...