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GEORGE I & II
Military aspect
K i n g G e o r g e I I A s c e n d e d : J u n e 1 1 , 1 7 2 7 D i e d : O c t o b e r 2 5 , 1 7 6 0N o t e : a d j u s t e d f o r c h a n g e f r o m J u l i a n t o G r e g o r i a n c a l e n d a r 1 7 5 1 / 1 7 5 2 ( 3 3 y e a r s 1 m o n t h s 1 4 d a y s )
King George I Ascended: August 1, 1714
Died: June 11, 1727 (12 years 10 months 9 days)
Great Br i ta in & France
For many years they were in conflict. (see
“The chronology of war between France and
England”)
From 1713 to 1739 they enjoyed a period of
repose after signing of the Treaty of Utretch: -
Walpole was Chief Minister in Great
Britain 1721-1742
-Fleury was Chief
Minister in France 1720-1729
Great Britain & Spain
The Battle of Cape
Passaro, 11 August
1718
by Peter Monamy and
Isaac Sailmaker
Date painted: c.1718–
1740s
Oil on canvas, 90 x 122
cm
Collection: National
Maritime Museum
THE BATTLE OF CAPE PASSARO:
By the Treaty of Utrecht, France and Austria contemplated
ceding Sicily to the Emperor.
This arrangement displeased the Spanish, who wanted to
recover Sardinia and Sicily from Italy (1718).
On 17 December 1718, France, Britain and Austria declared
war on Spain. The Netherlands joined them later, declaring
war on Spain in August 1719 (War of the Quadruple Alliance)
The Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England in a
naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passaro.
WAR OF JENKINS’ EAR
Great Britain & Spain
-War of Jenkins’ Ear ->conflict between Great Britain and
Spain (October 1739)
-It was precipitated by an incident that took place in 1738
when Captain Robert Jenkins appeared before a committee of
the House of Commons and exhibited his own amputated ear,
cut off in April 1731 in the West Indies by Spanish coast
guards, who had boarded his ship, pillaged it, and then set it
adrift.
-WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION-[1740–1748]
-The war of the Austr ian succession is a conglomerat ion
of related wars.
To understand the
conflict, let´s watch the
following video: https://
www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=g9S U-X_AUYI
TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE
-This treaty ended the War of Austrian Succession .
- Signatories : Great Britain, France, the Habsburg Empire,
the United Provinces of the Low Countries (Netherlands),
Prussia, Spain, Modena, Genoa, and Sardinia.
• Prussia keeps the former Austrian province of Silesia
• France regains the fortress of Louisbourg on Cape
Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Maps be fore and a f ter the t rea ty :
Europe in the years after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in
1748