GEORGE I & II

Military aspects

K i n g G e o r g e I I A s c e n d e d : J u n e 1 1 , 1 7 2 7 D i e d : O c t o b e r 2 5 , 1 7 6 0N o t e : a d j u s t e d f o r c h a n g e f r o m J u l i a n t o G r e g o r i a n c a l e n d a r 1 7 5 1 / 1 7 5 2 ( 3 3 y e a r s 1 m o n t h s 1 4 d a y s )

King George I Ascended: August 1, 1714

Died: June 11, 1727 (12 years 10 months 9 days)

Great Br i ta in & France

For many years they were in conflict. (see

“The chronology of war between France and

England”)

From 1713 to 1739 they enjoyed a period of

repose after signing of the Treaty of Utretch: -

Walpole was Chief Minister in Great

Britain 1721-1742

-Fleury was Chief

Minister in France 1720-1729

Great Britain & Spain

The Battle of Cape

Passaro, 11 August

1718

by Peter Monamy and

Isaac Sailmaker

Date painted: c.1718–

1740s

Oil on canvas, 90 x 122

cm

Collection: National

Maritime Museum

THE BATTLE OF CAPE PASSARO:

By the Treaty of Utrecht, France and Austria contemplated

ceding Sicily to the Emperor.

This arrangement displeased the Spanish, who wanted to

recover Sardinia and Sicily from Italy (1718).

On 17 December 1718, France, Britain and Austria declared

war on Spain.The Netherlands joined them later, declaring

war on Spain in August 1719 (War of the Quadruple Alliance)

The Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England in a

naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passaro.

WAR OF JENKINS’ EAR

Great Britain & Spain

-War of Jenkins’ Ear ->conflict between Great Britain and

Spain (October 1739)

-It was precipitated by an incident that took place in 1738

when Captain Robert Jenkins appeared before a committee of

the House of Commons and exhibited his own amputated ear,

cut off in April 1731 in the West Indies by Spanish coast

guards, who had boarded his ship, pillaged it, and then set it

adrift.

-WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION-[1740–1748]

TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE

-This treaty ended the War of Austrian Succession .

- Signatories : Great Britain, France, the Habsburg Empire,

the United Provinces of the Low Countries (Netherlands),

Prussia, Spain, Modena, Genoa, and Sardinia.

• Prussia keeps the former Austrian province of Silesia

• France regains the fortress of Louisbourg on Cape

Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

Maps be fore and a f ter the t rea ty :

Europe in the years after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in

1748