HIST 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Diplomatic Revolution, Hubertusburg, Chandannagar
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Trade rivalry over the west indies reached its peak in the late 1730"s between. Treaty of utrecht (1713) spain gave britain the right to furnish slaves to the. Spanish for thirty years and to send one ship each year to a major trading fair. This provided british traders and smugglers access to spanish market. 1731 fight between spaniards and an english ship. Used to show spanish atrocities committed to stop spanish intervention in english trade. British pm sir robert walpole declared war on spain late 1739. Frederick ii seized austrian province in germany. Maria theresa preserved the habsburg empire as a major political power. Granting privileges to the nobility increased loyalty, losing power of the central monarchy. The nobility magyars would sometimes still stir opposition. 1744 the british-french conflict expanded when france supported spain. France was divided between that and austria and lost against british. January:great britain and prussia signed convention of westminster (defensive.
