HIS103Y1 Lecture 6: lec6-nine years war
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By devastating palatinate, removing supplies from them, the german army. Politically and strategically this was a short term military success for france, but a long term political failure. 15nov 1688- england"s glorious revolution: william the second landed with his wife(daughter of the king), his campaign was irresistible of anti-french coalition. Spain and the southern netherlands was no longer in the position to defend for their own territories. 12 may 1689- the dutch, austrians became allies, soon joined by england, sweden, savoy. British power began to consolidate and take on enemies much bigger then it. British institutions were stronger because it was a constitutional monarchy rather than an absolute monarchy. House of commons- guaranteed that all debt will be repaid, by contrast, lending money to a absolute monarchy like france was unstable. the impact was immediate and utterly impressive, July 1680- the battle of beachy head, battle of la hogue, the anglo.
