| Key | Effect |
| ALT | Display Details on Selected Unit |
| Alt-F | Enable Friend or Foe Colors |
| Backspace | Toggle Stealth |
| Delete | Deletes Selected Units |
| Enter | Show Chat Window |
| F10 | Toggle Game Menu |
| F11 | Toggle Game Time |
| F3 | Show Objectives Dialog |
| F4 | Toggle Score Display |
| F5 | Screenshot |
| F6 | Toggle Player Summary Dialog |
| F7 | Pause / Un-pause Game play |
| F8 | Quick Save Game |
| F9 | Quick Load Game |
| SPACEBAR | Center View on Selected Unit |
| H | Toggle Home City Screen |
| T | Town Center |
| Z | Attack Move |
| / | Cycle Explorers |
| ' | Cycle Ships |
| . | Cycle Idle Villagers |
| , | Cycle Idle Military Units |
| ; | Cycle Wagons (Covered Wagon, Fort Wagon, Outpost Wagon, Factory Wagon, Travois, etc.) |
| CTRL+A | Artillery Foundry |
| CTRL+B | Barracks or Blockhouse |
| CTRL+C | Church |
| CTRL+D | Dock |
| CTRL+E | House, Manor House, or Longhouse |
| CTRL+F | Fort or Fire Pit |
| CTRL+I | Mill |
| CTRL+J | Native Embassy |
| CTRL+K | Bank |
| CTRL+L | Plantation |
| CTRL+M | Market |
| CTRL+N | Noble Hut |
| CTRL+O | Outpost |
| CTRL+P | Trading Post |
| CTRL+Q | Field Hospital |
| CTRL+R | Arsenal |
| CTRL+S | Stable or Corral |
| CTRL+U | Teepee |
| CTRL+V | Livestock Pen |
| CTRL+W | War hut |
| CTRL+X | Saloon |
| CTRL+Y | Factory |
| CTRL+Z | Capitol |
| CTRL+ "1-9" | Create control group (assign units on keyboard for easy micromanagement) |
| CTRL+ "0" | Remove from control group |
| SHIFT+ "1-9" | Add units to control group |
| "1-9" | Select control group |
| ctrl + double click on a villager | Select all villagers on current task (hunters, lumberjacks, etc.) |
| Villager Builds (select villager and press key) | |
| A | Artillery Foundry |
| B | Barracks or Blockhouse |
| C | Church |
| D | Dock |
| E | House, Manor House, or Longhouse |
| F | Fort or Fir Pit |
| G | Town Center |
| I | Mill |
| J | Native Embassy |
| K | Bank |
| L | Plantation |
| M | Market |
| N | Noble Hut |
| O | Outpost |
| P | Trading Post |
| Q | Field Hospital |
| R | Arsenal |
| S | Stable or Corral |
| U | Teepee |
| V | Livestock Pen |
| W | War Hut |
| X | Saloon |
| Y | Factory |
| Z | Capitol |
| Town Center Hotkeys | |
| B | Ring Town Bell / Return to Work |
| U | Return to Work |
| N | Eject Garrisoned Units |
| A | Colonial Militia (Revolution) |
| SHIFT-A | Multiple Colonial Militia (Revolution) |
| E | Envoy (Dutch) |
| SHIFT-E | Multiple Envoy (Dutch) |
| V | Villager |
| SHIFT-V | Multiple Villager |
| Fire Pit Dances | |
| A | Alarm |
| B | War Song |
| C | City |
| E | Healing |
| F | Fertility |
| J | War Chief |
| M | Morning Wars Dance |
| P | Earth Mother |
| Q | Water |
| R | Founder |
| S | Garland War |
| U | Holy |
| V | Fire |
| W | War |
| X | Gift |
| Key[1] | Taunt |
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No |
| 3 | I need food |
| 4 | I need wood |
| 5 | I need coin |
| 6 | Do you have extra resources? |
| 7 | I have extra food |
| 8 | I have extra wood |
| 9 | I have extra coin |
| 10 | Meet here |
| 11 | Are you ready? |
| 12 | I need help |
| 13 | Attack now |
| 14 | Upgrade your trade route |
| 15 | Wololo |
| 16 | I'm in your base, killing your dudes |
| 17 | Check in your wallet, that's me on the dollar bill |
| 18 | I believe that makes me your daddy |
| 19 | LOL, I am ROTFL |
| 20 | Aren’t you becoming quite the little problem |
| 21 | Hahahahahaha |
| 22 | This will give me credit, street credit |
| 23 | Hey, shut your pie hole |
| 24 | I'll take that trade |
| 25 | You sit on the computer, play, you know nothing of hard life! (Russian) |
| 26 | Really, such a noob. |
| 27 | Ask not for whom the timer ticks, it ticks for thee. |
| 28 | Ho Ho |
| 29 | Check in you pocket, the quarter, is me to |
| 30 | Where is my mother? |
| 31 | Trumpet charge |