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Who did France ally with in in the Treaty of Dover?
Why did Louis XIV want to neutralize Holland? |
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1) England & Dutch
2) To get control over the Spanish Netherlands |
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| Who united the Netherlands and HRE against France? |
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What did Louis XIV revoke?
How did this affect the people that it affected? |
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1)Edict of Nantes
2) Caused Protestants (Huguenots) to go to Netherlands and form a resistance |
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Who was the Nine Years' War between?
Who was King William's War between? |
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Definition
1)French and palitanate (League of Augsburg)
2)French and English in North America |
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| What was the result of the Peace of Ryswick? |
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Definition
| Secured Holland's borders and stopped Louis expanding into Germany (ended Nine Years' War) |
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Who ended up getting Spain's throne?
Who was fighting for it? |
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Definition
1)Philip of Anjou (Philip V)
2)Louis (wife renounced) and Leopold of Austria |
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What was formed to counter Louis after Philip V takes over Spain?
Who gets recognized to the English throne? |
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1)Grand Alliance
2)James Edward |
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Who bested Louis' soldiers at Blenheim and Ramilles?
Why didn't Louis want to give into a treaty? |
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Definition
1)John Churchill
2)He wanted to keep Philip in power and keep Sp. Provinces |
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| What does the Treaty of Rastatt accomplish? |
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Definition
| Some land is given to England in Spain, House of Hanover to Louis, and Holland is no longer wanted by Louis |
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| How did Philip V cause Spanish power to decline? |
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Definition
| Too busy with wars that he didn't watch much over the economical trade,and financial crisises happened. |
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What was Louis trying to claim in the War of Devolution?
Where did Louis send his troops?
What was the end result? |
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Definition
1)Spanish Beligian Provinces
2)Flanders
3)Louis got some land bordering Netherlands from Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (England/Sweden/Holland) |
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