Woodwick Rebellion (Settlers of the New World Map Game)

The Woodwick Rebellion (named after Donald Woodwick), was a colonial conflict that lasted from 1640 to 1645. It saw the settlers revolt against the colonial autorities as a result of various growing tensions in the Royal Colony of Flaadland. The war saw little direct fighting between the Covenanters and the Colonial troops between the first and last engagements, the rebels instead fighting natives or militiamen who joined side with the Governor. The final fighting saw the expulsion of the royal colonial autorities, setting the stage for 7 years of local administration until the arrival of Parliamentary Governor George Sarton in 1652.

Background
The Royal Colony of Flaadland was founded by orders of King Charles I of England, who sent problematic Covenanters led by Donald Woodwick to the new world so they could acquire more land for the crown and stop being a problem in Scotland. The first Royal Govenir, the Scot Sir Thomas MacEalar, had difficulty dealing with the Covenanters, who listened first to the orders of Donald Woodwick. This showed in 1631, when against the orders of McEalar, Woodwick launched a war with the native Sakawe Tribe, expulsing them of the northern shore of the Leary River.

The arrival of English settlers sent by the King in 1635 created massive tensions, and in the end the Englishmen created their own settlement of Longshank, a clear insult to the Scottish Flaadlanders.

In 1637, King Charles I asked MacEalar to impose the Book of Common Prayer on the Flaadlanders. A Presbyterian himself, Mac Ealar refused and so was replaced by William Barton, 3rd Baron of Endon.Endon was a convinced Anglican, and so attempted to force the Covenanters to accept by pushing massive taxes on them, which only angered them more. At that time, David Leary, who was in charge of Craigmouth, began reforming his militian, which had been disbanded under MacEalar.

The start of the Bishop's Wars in the metropole made things worst, as most Covenanters in Flaadland supported their fellow Covenanters in Scotland. The ensuing marches and protests in favor of the Covenanters and against the Book of Common Prayer made Endon so nervous that he chose to abandon Roberttown, instead chosing the safety of Longshank, which was full of royalist Englishmen. He left behind half of his troops, with Captain Oliver Resley in charge of maintaining order.