Treaty of Utrecht

Examples of Treaty of Utrecht in the following topics:

• The Peace of Utrecht

  • The Treaty of Utrecht, which initiated the end of the War of the Spanish succession, strengthened the balance of power in Europe by securing two major goals: Louis XIV's acknowledgement of the Protestant succession in England and safeguards to ensure that the French and Spanish thrones remained separate.
  • After the signing of the Utrecht treaties, the French continued to be at war with the Holy Roman Empire until 1714, when hostilities ended with the treaties of Rastatt and Baden.
  • First edition of the the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and Spain in Spanish (left) and a later edition in Latin and English.
  • The treaties, signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht, were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV of France and of his grandson Philip V of Spain on one hand, and representatives of Anne of Great Britain, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, John V of Portugal and the United Provinces of the Netherlands on the other.
  • Describe the terms of the Peace of Utrecht and their significance across Europe

• New France and Louisiana

  • The Treaty of Utrecht was signed in 1713 between several European states including Spain, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Savoy, and the Dutch Republic to end the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • The treaty resulted in the relinquishing of French claims to mainland Acadia, the Hudson Bay, and Newfoundland, and the establishment of the colony of Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) as the successor to Acadia.
  • Pierre and Miquelon, to Great Britain and Spain in the Treaty of Paris in 1863, which ended the Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War).
  • New France (orthographic projection)—Maximal expansion in 1712 , before Treaty of Utrecht
  • This map illustrates the British and Spanish territorial gains following the Treaty of Paris that ended the French and Indian War.

• French Colonialization

  • France was also internally distracted in the later 16th century by the French Wars of Religion.
  • Several years later, in 1608, Samuel De Champlain founded Quebec, which was to become the capital of the enormous, but sparsely settled, fur-trading colony of New France.
  • This network was maintained through a vast system of fortifications, many of them centered in the Illinois Country and in present-day Arkansas.
  • Because of this, for most of its history, New France lagged far behind the British North American colonies in both population and economic development.
  • Acadia, a colony of New France that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine to the Kennebec River, was lost to the British in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

• The Pragmatic Sanction

  • The Head of the House of Habsburg ruled the Archduchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Italian territories awarded to Austria by the Treaty of Utrecht (Duchy of Milan, Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily), and the Austrian Netherlands.
  • In 1700, the senior (oldest, first-in-line) branch of the House of Habsburg became extinct with the death of Charles II of Spain.
  • In 1703, Charles and Joseph, the sons of Leopold, signed the Mutual Pact of Succession, granting succession rights to the daughters of Joseph and Charles in case of complete extinction of the male line, but favoring Joseph's daughters over Charles's because Joseph was older.
  • His son, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, renounced claims on Austria in exchange for the return of his paternal duchy of Bavaria.
  • The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, finally recognized Maria Theresa's rule over the Habsburg hereditary lands.

• The Question of Spanish Succession

  • In an attempt to avoid war, Louis signed the Treaty of the Hague with William III of England in 1698.
  • In 1700, Louis and William III concluded a fresh partitioning agreement, the Treaty of London.
  • The 1713 Treaty of Utrecht recognized Louis XIV's grandson Philip, Duke of Anjou, as King of Spain (as Philip V), thus confirming the succession stipulated in the will of the Charles II.
  • After the signing of the Utrecht treaties, the French continued to be at war with Emperor Charles VI and with the Holy Roman Empire until 1714, when hostilities were ended with the Treaties of Rastatt and Baden.
  • Spain and Portugal remained formally at war with each other until the Treaty of Madrid of February 1715, while peace between Spain and Emperor Charles VI, unsuccessful claimant to the Spanish crown, came only in 1720 with the signing of the Treaty of The Hague.

• Empires in Conflict

  • In 1704 French and Indian forces had attacked a number of villages, one of which was the population center of Deerfield, Massachusetts.
  • By the Treaty of Utrecht, Britain gained Acadia, the island of Newfoundland, the Hudson Bay region, and the Caribbean island of St.
  • The war merged into the War of Jenkin's Ear against Spain, and ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.
  • The Battle of Fontenoy was an engagement in the larger War of the Austrian Succession, which involved most of the powers of Europe.
  • A New & Correct Map of the Trading Part of the West Indies Including the Seat of War Between Gr.

• William of Orange and the Grand Alliance

  • William and Louis agreed to the First Partition Treaty (Treaty of Hague), which provided for the division of the Spanish Empire: Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria would obtain Spain, while France and the Holy Roman Emperor would divide the remaining territories between them.
  • In 1700, the two rulers agreed to the Second Partition Treaty (Treaty of London), under which the territories in Italy would pass to a son of the King of France and the other Spanish territories would be inherited by a son of the Holy Roman Emperor.
  • The French conveniently ignored the Second Partition Treaty and claimed the entire Spanish inheritance.
  • The news that Louis XIV had accepted Charles II's will and that the Second Partition Treaty was dead was a personal blow to William III.
  • By the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and of the Treaty of Rastatt (1714), the Spanish empire was partitioned between the major and minor powers.

• The War of Austrian Succession

  • The Head of the House of Habsburg ruled the Archduchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Italian territories awarded to Austria by the Treaty of Utrecht (Duchy of Milan, Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily), and the Austrian Netherlands.
  • Politically, Frederick used the 1537 Treaty of Brieg as a pretext for the invasion.
  • Under the treaty, the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg were to inherit the Duchy of Brieg, an autonomous region of Silesia.
  • Peace terms of the Treaty of Breslau between the Austrians and the Prussians negotiated in 1742 gave Prussia all of Silesia and Glatz County with the Austrians retaining only a portion of Upper Silesia called "Austrian or Czech Silesia."
  • Under the terms of the Treaty of Dresden, signed in December 1745, Austria was forced to adhere to the terms of the Treaty of Breslau giving Silesia to Prussia.

• The Treaty of Fort Stanwix

  • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was one of several treaties signed between Native Americans and the United States after the American Revolution.
  • The treaty served as a peace treaty between the Iroquois and the Americans, since the Natives had been ignored in the Treaty of Paris.
  • In this treaty, the Iroquois Confederacy ceded all claims to the Ohio territory, a strip of land along the Niagara river, and all land west of the mouth of Buffalo creek.
  • 1786 Treaty of Fort Finney with Shawnee leaders for portions of Ohio
  • 1797 Treaty of Big Tree with the Iroquois for lands in New York State west of the Genesee River

• Pinckney's Treaty

  • Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and the United States defined the boundaries of the Spanish colonies of West and East Florida.
  • Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed on October 27, 1795, and established formal intentions of amity between the United States and Spain.
  • Among other things, the treaty ended the first phase of the West Florida Controversy, a dispute between the two nations over the boundaries of the Spanish colony of West Florida.
  • The Spanish acquired Florida and the southern coast along the Gulf of Mexico in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  • Analyze the political circumstances leading up to and following the signing of the Pinckney's Treaty