▁is ▁achieved ▁by ▁producing ▁liberty ▁b ells ; ▁ 2 0 0 ▁liberty ▁b ells ▁turn ▁one ▁colon ist ▁from ▁being ▁a ▁royal ist ▁into ▁being ▁a ▁re bel . ▁To ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁royal ▁expedition ary ▁force ▁the ▁player ▁must ▁train ▁and ▁build ▁a ▁strong ▁enough ▁army ▁of ▁their ▁own . ▁ ▁Another ▁important ▁factor ▁are ▁the ▁numerous ▁settlement s ▁of ▁different ▁Native ▁American ▁nations . ▁Native ▁settlement s ▁can ▁be ▁trad ed ▁with ▁to ▁gain ▁gold ▁or ▁they ▁can ▁be ▁conquer ed ▁for ▁tre asure . ▁Native ▁settlement s ▁can ▁also ▁teach ▁the ▁player ' s ▁colon ists ▁and ▁turn ▁them ▁into ▁special ist . ▁Special ists ▁are ▁consider ably ▁more ▁product ive ▁when ▁assigned ▁in ▁their ▁trade . ▁Most ▁special ists ▁can ▁be ▁trained ▁for ▁gold ▁in ▁Europe ▁or ▁come ▁as ▁sett lers ▁for ▁free , ▁but ▁certain ▁special ists ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁trained ▁at ▁certain ▁native ▁settlement s . ▁ ▁Free Col ▁starts ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 2 ▁with ▁two ▁colon ists ▁on ▁a ▁car avel ▁on ▁the ▁ocean ▁at ▁the ▁player ' s ▁dispos al . ▁The ▁player ▁is ▁the ▁king ' s ▁proxy ▁and ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁lead ▁the ▁car avel ▁to ▁the ▁shore ▁and ▁found ▁a ▁col ony ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁World ▁consisting ▁of ▁multiple ▁settlement s . ▁The ▁player ▁gets ▁additional ▁colon ists ▁by ▁producing ▁food ▁( 2 0 0 ▁food ▁units ▁in ▁a ▁settlement ▁generates ▁a ▁new ▁unit ), ▁by ▁imm igration ▁from ▁Europe , ▁by ▁converting ▁the ▁n atives ▁or