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In the year 1585, following the end of the War of the Marches between Scotland and England, the Scottish Parliament voted through the New Caledonia Act, which granted a colonial charter to the New Caledonia Company in order to establish a permanent Scottish settlement in what had previously been given the name of Nova Scotia, but renamed to the more poetic "New Caledonia", which amounted to the same thing. From there, the Holyrood Castle departed with 86 passengers, mostly peasants given money by the company to start a new life alongside some indentured servants, and arrived in Chebuktuk Harbor on 18 May 1587.

While the first several months were pleasant enough, certainly enough to build a small settlement and establish some crops, the winter set in far earlier than expected as well as being more harsh than even what they had known in Scotland. On their first winter, 17 people died, but three children were born as the first Scots citizens born in the New World. That summer, a second ship came to bring supplies and new settlers, who undeterred by the hardships continued to build their new settlement, which they named Queenstown in honor of Queen Mary I. Shortly afterward, a raid by the local Miꞌgmaw natives started a small war that would last until the onset of the winter of 1588, at which time a truce was called that allowed the colony to survive.

The third year of the colony saw its fortunes improve. Bolstered by the arrival of a third ship, exploration and trade with the Natives had alerted the Scots to the plentiful beaver available in the area, and many had begun trapping their own as well as trading. From there, a small economy grew up around a fur industry, and the reports of plentiful beaver at a time when the European Beaver had been increasingly depleted gave the New Caledonia Company the impetus to build a new settlement, what is now Half Moon on the Bay of Fundy.

From there, Scottish colonists began to spread out throughout the region of New Caledonia, building forts and settlements all over the region as claimed through the New Caledonia Charter of 1585. By 1620, there are numerous settlements through the region and well-established trade between New Caledonia and Scotland proper, bringing the small kingdom a decent source of revenues and having allowed Scotland to pursue new settlements in Guyana and the Caribbean, as well as further trade outposts in Africa and India. From humble beginnings, a new and bright future has appeared for Scotland.

Description
In the year 1585, following the end of the War of the Marches between Scotland and England, the Scottish Parliament voted through the New Caledonia Act, which granted a colonial charter to the New Caledonia Company in order to establish a permanent Scottish settlement in what had previously been given the name of Nova Scotia, but renamed to the more poetic "New Caledonia", which amounted to the same thing. From there, the Holyrood Castle departed with 86 passengers, mostly peasants given money by the company to start a new life alongside some indentured servants, and arrived in Chebuktuk Harbor on 18 May 1587.

While the first several months were pleasant enough, certainly enough to build a small settlement and establish some crops, the winter set in far earlier than expected as well as being more harsh than even what they had known in Scotland. On their first winter, 17 people died, but three children were born as the first Scots citizens born in the New World. That summer, a second ship came to bring supplies and new settlers, who undeterred by the hardships continued to build their new settlement, which they named Queenstown in honor of Queen Mary I. Shortly afterward, a raid by the local Miꞌgmaw natives started a small war that would last until the onset of the winter of 1588, at which time a truce was called that allowed the colony to survive.

The third year of the colony saw its fortunes improve. Bolstered by the arrival of a third ship, exploration and trade with the Natives had alerted the Scots to the plentiful beaver available in the area, and many had begun trapping their own as well as trading. From there, a small economy grew up around a fur industry, and the reports of plentiful beaver at a time when the European Beaver had been increasingly depleted gave the New Caledonia Company the impetus to build a new settlement, what is now Half Moon on the Bay of Fundy.

From there, Scottish colonists began to spread out throughout the region of New Caledonia, building forts and settlements all over the region as claimed through the New Caledonia Charter of 1585. By 1620, there are numerous settlements through the region and well-established trade between New Caledonia and Scotland proper, bringing the small kingdom a decent source of revenues and having allowed Scotland to pursue new settlements in Guyana and the Caribbean, as well as further trade outposts in Africa and India. From humble beginnings, a new and bright future has appeared for Scotland.