HIS103Y1 Lecture : The War of The Spanish Succession.doc
Document Summary
Despite the best efforts of the major powers to come together and solve this questions peacefully the result was one of the greatest wars the world had ever seen. The first partition treaty was sent back to the drawing board with the death of. The second partition treaty was destroyed by the charles ii announcing philip of. Despite the fact that the spanish wrecked the second partition treaty through a possible union with the french, it is conceivable that even with the succession of a. Bourbon candidate to the throne of spain war was not inevitable. French troops stormed into the spanish netherlands and expelled the dutch. This was a major mistake on the part of the new franco-spanish empire especially louis xiv. The second terrible error was philip of spain"s shipping concessions to the french. Furthermore, louis xiv broke the promise under the terms of the partition treaty.
