The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Britain obtained the monopoly of the black slave trade from the Spaniards, and at the same time weakened its trade rival, the Netherlands, and truly began to dominate world trade.

In particular, the acquisition of Gibraltar and Minorca directly blocked the Mediterranean route, which is one of Britain's most valuable treasures even today.

In addition, the British also forced the French to expel James Francis Edward Stuart, the pretender to the throne, and recognized Hanover, the successor of Queen Anne (daughter of James II), who had no heir to the Stuart dynasty. The succession of King George I to the British throne.

This seems to be just a bunch of meaningless acknowledgments, without the benefits of actual territory and trade rights, but in fact these seemingly useless clauses resolved the biggest internal contradictions in the UK at that time and cleared away internal hidden dangers for development.

As mentioned earlier, the James Party used to counter the British originated here, but even if Franz did not take the initiative to fight for it, this title would eventually fall on the Habsburg family.

Incidentally, at this time, the title belonged to Francesco V of the Este family, who was later the Duke of Modena.

Modena is one of the four small states in Italy.

France also signed to renounce its claim to the Hudson Bay Colony in northern Canada and ceded Acadie and Newfoundland in eastern Canada.

This, in a sense, led to the birth of Canada.

The last "Utrecht Peace Treaty" made the blood and efforts of the French come to naught.

Although the history books written by the Anglo-Saxons named the French as the first winners, in fact a country with a population of only 2000 million lost 200 million people.

At that time, the world's number one navy was completely wiped out, and it took 20 years for the world's number one army to recover.Financial collapse, social turmoil, and riots by hungry people came one after another. The former Sun King became the "Sun King".

The "Sun King" was deaf in one ear because of the late stage of Louis XIV's syphilis, coupled with the defeat in the war and changes in the domestic situation.

In addition, Louis XIV was once loved by the French very much, but his popularity plummeted after the Spanish War of the Throne, and people almost cursed him with a "dirty word" every time he was mentioned.

The ruins of the country, the loss of overseas colonies, and the loss of important sea nodes have made the subsequent competition in the seas subject to others.

The "Utrecht Peace Treaty" even stipulated that Spain and France should never be merged, making all efforts in vain.

This is why France and Spain were married again at this time, and the reaction of the European powers was surprisingly small.

The second biggest winner of the Anglo-Saxon population is Austria, but in fact Charles VI only got a bunch of enclaves. support.

If it wasn't for Prince Eugen (the other one on Heroes' Square) who turned out to beat up the Ottomans who took advantage of the situation, I'm afraid there will be another siege of Vienna.

In addition, Spain, which lost to grandma's family at a glance, and the Netherlands, which was directly reduced to a second-rate country, also won.

(At that time, the Netherlands was a first-class power, and the sea coachman was not called for nothing.)
According to the Anglo-Saxons, although Spain lost all European territories outside its homeland, it also lost its economic hegemony in overseas colonies.

At the same time, mainland Spain has become the main battlefield. Almost every city has changed hands several times.

but!The Spaniards who were crazily invaded were united, and the separatist forces in the country were also hit hard. After all, they were destroyed under the war, so this is a favorable condition for the implementation of the centralization policy.

The king from France brought advanced ideas: centralization, enlightenment, science and technology. Without the French, technology and ideas would not spread. Even the heroic view of history would not dare to brag about it.

Conclusion Although Spain is in ruins and lost more than half of its territory, it has improved.

Among them, the only "hard work" and a little "small loss" is the United Kingdom.

For the sake of world peace, they traveled thousands of miles to Europe to participate in the war, and took away the excess territories and trade privileges of other countries along the way, and put all the dirty money in their own pockets. What kind of "internationalist spirit" is this? It has attracted future generations to follow suit.

"I'm an Anglo-Saxon, and I like to help others. I don't want to fight in my life, but I like to fight."

Although it is tempting to recast the glory of the Habsburg family, the end of the Sun King is already in sight, and the decline of Spain, which lacks coal and iron, is almost inevitable in the industrial age, so Archbishop Ren Rauscher's words are too gaudy , Franz is also a lack of interest.

Prussia is the biggest opponent of the Austrian Empire in the German Confederation. Although it is still very weak at this time, anyone familiar with history knows that Prussia shouldered the burden of unifying Germany, and finally defeated Austria and France to establish Germany.

Historically, Austria also wanted to marry Prussia to strengthen its control in the German Confederation, but it was strongly opposed from top to bottom.

However, the background at that time was that the two countries had turned against each other on the Hesse issue, and the Austrian Empire itself had suffered heavy losses in the year of the storm and was at a low point.

But at this time, Austria was a complete behemoth in the eyes of Prussia. It was not only the chairman of the German Confederation, but also the largest entity in the German Customs Union.

At the same time, the international influence is also terrible. Coupled with the tradition of the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia has no hope at all.

The previous refugee incident is the best proof that Prussia does not even have the right to say whether the Prussian border will be opened or not.

The gap in status and the change of mentality between the two are very likely to affect the decisions made.

If the marriage with Prussia will greatly ease the conflict between the two countries, but it is unrealistic to annex Prussia, but it may be possible to achieve a peaceful partition of Germany, or to keep the German Confederation as it is.

If you want to rebuild the Holy Roman Empire or adopt the Greater Germany plan, then there must be a battle between Pu and Austria, and it will not be stopped because of the so-called alliance or in-laws.

As for maintaining the status quo, it is only temporary. When an ambitious person or a not-so-smart king comes to power, war is still inevitable.

Because unification is the general trend, what Franz has done is to postpone the war, and the root cause of the war has not disappeared.

But even if it wins, it will be difficult to create the so-called Greater Germany, because the great powers are not fools, and multinational interference and encirclement are inevitable.

If unification is forced, it will be nothing more than a reenactment of World War I.

There are two marriageable princesses of Prussia, one is Princess Louise, the youngest daughter of Prince William I of Salted Egg, and the other is Princess Charlotte of the fourth brother's family of the current King William IV of Prussia.

Princess Louise was 1836 years old when she was born in 10, she was of marriageable age in 1851, and the Civil War had just ended.

Princess Charlotte was born in 1831 and was about the same age as Franz, but she was a bit short-lived and died in 1855.

Both are favored at home, and both have no interest in politics. They are very typical images of nineteenth-century princesses.

The resistance to marrying Prussia comes more from the Hohenzollern family and the church. Although the Habsburg family is not without pagan marriages, the character of Franz's natural saint has been typed out, and the Austrian church is sure Will not let it go.

Similarly, the church in Prussia would also be very opposed. In fact, no one in Prussia could solve domestic religious problems before Bismarck came to power.

In particular, the Archbishop of Cologne even conspired with the bourgeoisie to overthrow the Prussian dynasty and establish a Catholic commercial republic.

In 1842, the King of Prussia had to order the continued construction of the costly Cologne Cathedral in exchange for the support of some priests.