Zing! Love it. Especially the happiness bonus for Gun Shops in cities with religion.
I agree, but I'd side with more of the Civs being changed. Something I really like about Civ 5 is that with truly UNIQUE abilities (rather than the trait combinations of Civ4), you can get really different gameplay to the point where it's hard to say which Civs are best. . . they tend to just be best for a specific player or style of play. Sure, some consistently rank near the top, but the differences aren't vast. Nobody thinks America, Germany, the Ottomans, a few more I could throw out, are top-tier Civs. I think with more player feedback and more balancing, we could actually get all the Civs in the same sort of "different but not necessarily better or worse" tier that I think MOST Civs are already in.
. . . err, like the American Revolution?
Want it or not, slavery was a major economic force of our history. But Civ5 is a "politically correct" game, so no slavery
Want it or not, slavery was a major economic force of our history. But Civ5 is a "politically correct" game, so no slavery
Literally annihilating entire cultures to get more cities? Where do I sign up! 
Well, first of all, it's not really a good idea to design a Civ to be powerful in the late-game, because, by the time their bonuses kick in, the game may already be lost, because the advantages of the Civs which get bonuses in the early game, "snowball" into more and stronger advantages later in the game. I believe you already know that.
of Settlers, and do as others have suggested and make it so the production of Settlers doesn't stop the growth of their cities. Or give them a discount to the 
price of purchasing Settlers and Workers, in keeping with the theme of the UA that "money matters". Or give their Settlers, and perhaps Workers, a bonus to 
, and/or the ability to ignore movement penalties from difficult terrain, like the Scout. Or perhaps just do the simplest change, and make it so their UA also reduces the 
cost of acquiring new tiles. Probably not by as much, though, like make it so the cost of acquiring new tiles by is reduced by just 25%. per plantacion before industrial era, and +1 per specialist from industrial era?Yeah I had that in mind, i guess my suggestion just didnt go far enough with the buff.
well my original question was "How would you make a super late blooming, economy focused civ?"As to how I would change America... Well, I don't think they're in much need of buffing, but if I'd change something, it would be the UA. Giving it an extra feature to keep in theme with the "land grab" aspect of it, I'd probably buff their
