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War of the league of Augsburg
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When it began
Fortress of Mainz
- The war began when the French invaded the holy Roman Empire, taking Frankenthal, Worms, Oppenheim, an the fortress of Mainz.
- It was started by a series of Indian Massacres led by Frontenac, the Governor of Canada. The first of these was the destruction of Dover, New Hampshire, and a town of 50 villagers.
Bibliography
Where it took place
- C.F.J Hankinson, The war of the league of augsberg, odham press, May 3, 2003, www.Geni.com, November 20, 2014
- Thor, War of the league of Augsburg, History Wars Weapons, 10/08/2008 historywarsweapons.com/war-of-the-league-of-augsburg, November 19, 2014
- Andrew Thomson, Grand Alliance (The league of Augsberg), 18/06/2014, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War, November 20, 2014
- Anonymous, Century of conflict: Eroupe and Colonial Wars, March 24, 2006 www.blinn.edu/brazos/socialscience/Hist/jgorman/1301/The%20..., November 20, 2014
- Henry William Elson/ History of the United States of America/http://www.usahistory.info/colonial-wars/King-Williams-War.html 11/24/14
- The war took place on the Mainland of Europe.
- There was attacks in Ireland, Scotland, North America, South America, and Asia.
- The towns of New York, Maine, Durham, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, were the scenes of the bloody massacres where Hundreds of people were slain.
War of the league of Augsburg
(King Williams War)
Conclusion
Why they were fighting
- The war of the league of Augsburg was a war between the Grand Alliance, England, Spain, and the Netherlands, to resist Louis X IV's, Sun King, invasion of Rhenish Palatinate on September 25, 1688
- The war of the League of Augsburg ended in 1697 when Louis XIV signed the treaty of Ryswick and giving up his invasion of Rhenish Palatinate.
- They were fighting because King Louis X IV's of France wanted complete control of Europe.
Why the war took nine years
Critical people
- King William of orange
- king Louis XIV of France.
- The french king would not give up on trying to gain hegemony, or complete control over all of Europe.
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How it Ended
- The war ended in basically a stalemate.
- The Treaty of Ryswick was signed to end the war in 1697.
- Both sides in the end were deeply in debt after the war.
- The treaty of Ryswick granted all land conquered after 1679 back to Spain, Netherlands and England, but France got to keep Strasbourg.
- Only five years later in 1702 Philip of Anjon took the throne of Spain, and greatly increased Spain's power among the dynasties of Europe. The English did not like this. They declared war on Spain and France. The Spanish Succession then followed.
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