the war of the spanish succession

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BRITAIN RECEIVED GIBRALTAR FROM SPAIN AND THE WAR LED TO FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WHICH CULMINATED IN TOTAL BANKRUPT OF THE STATE. CAUSES EFFECTS UNDER THE TREATY OF UTRECHT PHILIP WAS CONFIRMED AS KING OF SPAIN. CONSEQUENTLY HE RENOUNCED ALL CLAIMS TO THE FRENCH THRONE. THE POWER REMAINED IN EUROPE AND IN FRANCE. LOUIS XVI’S GRANDSON PHILIP SUCCEDED CARLOS II. PHILIP LED SPAIN AS PHILIP V AND LOUIS XIV SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE FRENCH EMPIRE. AUSTRIA, NETHERLANDS, PRUSSIA AND ENGLAND FORMED THE GRAND ALLIANCE AGAINST FRANCE BECAUSE THE DIDN’T WANT AN UNION BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN. THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION

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Page 1: THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION

BRITAIN RECEIVED GIBRALTAR FROM SPAIN AND THE WAR LED TO FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WHICH CULMINATED IN TOTAL BANKRUPT OF THE STATE.

CAUSES

EFFECTS

UNDER THE TREATY OF UTRECHT PHILIP WAS CONFIRMED AS KING OF SPAIN. CONSEQUENTLY HE RENOUNCED ALL CLAIMS TO THE FRENCH THRONE.

THE POWER REMAINED IN EUROPE AND IN FRANCE.

LOUIS XVI’S GRANDSON PHILIP SUCCEDED CARLOS II.

PHILIP LED SPAIN AS PHILIP V AND LOUIS XIV SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

AUSTRIA, NETHERLANDS, PRUSSIA AND ENGLAND FORMED THE GRAND ALLIANCE AGAINST FRANCE BECAUSE THE DIDN’T WANT AN UNION BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN.

THE WAR OF THE SPANISH

SUCCESSION