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Utrecht, treaty of
Utrecht, treaty of, 1713. This was part of the general settlement ending the War of the Spanish Succession. France and Spain recognized the Hanoverian succession, and France agreed to expel the old pretender from French soil. Philip V of Spain abandoned his claim to the French throne. Many territorial changes, partly designed to create strong barrier states on the borders of France, occurred. The most important were that France retained Alsace, Philip retained Spain and the Indies but lost his other possessions in the Netherlands and Italy to the Emperor Charles VI, Britain gained French territory in North America, and Gibraltar and Minorca from Spain, the Dutch were allowed to garrison barrier towns in the former Spanish Netherlands, and Savoy gained French territory and Sicily.
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JOHN CANNON. "Utrecht, treaty of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Utrecht, treaty of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Utrechttreatyof.html JOHN CANNON. "Utrecht, treaty of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Utrechttreatyof.html |
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Utrecht, Treaty of
Utrecht, Treaty of ˈyōōˌtrekt; ˈnˌtrekht also called Peace of Utrecht a treaty to end Queen Anne's War and that included agreements signed by France and Great Britain on April 11, 1713 and by Spain and Great Britain on July 13, 1713. France recognized the British claim to the Hudson Bay Territory, Acadia, and the island of Newfoundland, but it retained fishing rights to the island. French settlers in newly acquired British territory were permitted to practice the Roman Catholic faith. France also agreed to stop supporting James Edward, the son of the deposed James II, recognized Queen Anne as Britain's sovereign ruler. Spain pledged to keep in its possession all portions of Spanish America and to allow Britain to send an annual trade ship there.
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"Utrecht, Treaty of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Utrecht, Treaty of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-UtrechtTreatyof.html "Utrecht, Treaty of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-UtrechtTreatyof.html |
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Utrecht, treaty of
Utrecht, treaty of, 1713. This was part of the general settlement ending the War of the Spanish Succession. France and Spain recognized the Hanoverian succession. Philip V of Spain abandoned his claim to the French throne. France retained Alsace, Philip retained Spain and the Indies but lost his other possessions in the Netherlands and Italy to the Emperor Charles VI, Britain gained French territory in North America, and Gibraltar and Minorca from Spain.
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JOHN CANNON. "Utrecht, treaty of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Utrecht, treaty of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Utrechttreatyof.html JOHN CANNON. "Utrecht, treaty of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Utrechttreatyof.html |
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