HIS244H1 Lecture 12: Lecture 12 march 1.docx
Document Summary
1713-peace of utretcht british acquire amongst things formal possession of acadia and asiento contract to supply spain"s south american colonies with goods and slaves. 1715- geoge 1, elector of hanover, takes the british throne. James iii, remains alive in exile in the focus for jacobite plotting against the hanoverian monarch. 1716-anglo-french alliance signed by george and phillipe, regent of france and duc d"orleans. Suspends french support of the jacobite cause until 1731. 1731-britih ally with austria instead, committing them to support maria theresa claims to the throne. 1739-war of jenkins ear breaks out between britain and spain over the asiento. 18th century british state is an enemy of catholicism and absolutism of france. The british during the 17th/18th century want small easily defensible possessions-small islands, Barbados/jamaica some west african slave ports, and some stations on south ports of india. British didn"t want a lot of land because it was expensive to defend and expensive to administer.
