Exercises on the War of the Spanish Succession

In the so-called War of Succession of Spain (1702-1714), the main reason that led France and Spain to enter the conflict against England and other countries was:

a) the assassination of King Philip of Bourbon.

b) the emptiness of the Spanish throne after the death of Charles II.

c) the usurpation of the Spanish throne by Louis XVI

d) the revolt of the Spaniards against the invasion of the Napoleonic army.

e) the political effects of the War of the Two Roses.

Read the text and mark the correct alternative:

“Shortly after the end of negotiations between the English and French, at the beginning of 1713, it was time for the latter to begin their negotiations with the Portuguese. Portugal's position on the lands in dispute between the two Crowns in northern Brazil was that it owned by right all the lands of the North Cape, situated between the Amazon and the Vicente Pinzón, or Oiapoque, river, and that the possession of these lands gave him the exclusive right to navigate the Amazon River.” (FURTADO, Júnia Ferreira. War, diplomacy and maps:War of Spanish Succession, the Treaty of Ultrecht and Portuguese America in D'Anville's cartography . Topoi, v. 12, no. 23, Jul-Dec., 2011. p. 76.)

In 1713, Spain's War of Succession was coming to an end and Portugal managed to obtain parcels of land in the Amazon, despite having lost the monopoly expressed in the Colonial Pact. What treaty was signed that year and established such agreements?

a) Treaty of Methuen

b) Treaty of Coimbra

c) Treaty of London

d) Treaty of The Hague

e) Treaty of Utrecht

In the early years of the War of the Spanish Succession, England, which was one of the countries against the possible merger between the French and Spanish thrones, sought to ally itself commercially with Portugal, which represented a strategic point for war. The main agreement signed between the British and Portuguese in this context was:

a) the New Deal

b) the Treaty of Utrecht.

c) the Treaty of Methuen.

d) the Treaty of Manufacture

e) the Treaty of Tordesillas.

The Battle that sealed the War of the Spanish Succession was:

a) The Battle of Waterloo

b) The Battle of the Peloponnese

c) the Battle of the Two Roses

d) the Battle of Malplaquet

e) the Battle of Trafalgar.

Letter B

The War of the Spanish Succession began after the Spanish throne was empty of heirs after the death of Charles II. However, the king himself had appointed the Duke of Anjour, from France, to succeed him, which was contrary to other aristocratic houses, especially those linked to the thrones of Austria, Holland, England and other countries. The revolt of these countries was due to the possibility of union between the Spanish and French thrones through the Duke of Anjour.

Letter E

The treaty of Utrecht proposed the geopolitical resolutions at the end of the War of Spanish Succession. As Spain lost the war, many of the territories of the Spanish-American colonies began to make direct agreements with other crowns, thus breaking the Colonial Pact. This was also reflected in the Portuguese colonies, despite Portugal having benefited from the treaty, as the text proposed at the beginning of the question indicates.

Letter C

The Treaty of Methuen, signed in 1703, also known as the “Treaty of cloths and wines”, was a bilateral agreement between the English and Portuguese that, in addition to the mutual facilitation of imports and exports of wines and woven between the two countries, it also had the support of military protection from the British to Portugal.

Letter D

The Battle of Malplaquet was one of the hardest and bloodiest of the 18th century and one of the great commanders in the field was the French soldier Claude Villars, the Duke of Villars. This battle represented the victory of the countries of the “Grand Alliance” against Spain and France.