1711
230
|
|
War between Russia and Sweden
|
231
|
|
CHAPTER VI.
|
|
The Regency in France.—Alberoni in Spain.—Policies of Walpole and Fleuri.—War of the Polish Succession.—English Contraband Trade in Spanish America.—Great Britain declares War against Spain.—1715–1739.
|
|
Death of Queen Anne and Louis XIV.
|
232
|
|
Accession of George I.
|
232
|
|
Regency of Philip of Orleans
|
233
|
|
Administration of Alberoni in Spain
|
234
|
|
Spaniards invade Sardinia
|
235
|
|
Alliance of Austria, England, Holland, and France
|
235
|
|
Spaniards invade Sicily
|
236
|
|
Destruction of Spanish navy off Cape Passaro, 1718
|
237
|
|
Failure and dismissal of Alberoni
|
239
|
|
Spain accepts terms
|
239
|
|
Great Britain interferes in the Baltic
|
239
|
|
Death of Philip of Orleans
|
241
|
|
Administration of Fleuri in France
|
241
|
|
Growth of French commerce
|
242
|
|
France in the East Indies
|
243
|
|
Troubles between England and Spain
|
244
|
|
English contraband trade in Spanish America
|
245
|
|
Illegal search of English ships
|
246
|
|
Walpole's struggles to preserve peace
|
247
|
|
War of the Polish Succession
|
247
|
|
Creation of the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies
|
248
|
|
Bourbon family compact
|
248
|
|
France acquires Bar and Lorraine
|
249
|
|
England declares war against Spain
|
250
|
|
Morality of the English action toward Spain
|
250
|
|
Decay of the French navy
|
252
|
|
Death of Walpole and of Fleuri
|
253
|
|
CHAPTER VII.
|
|
War between Great Britain and Spain, 1739.—War of the Austrian Succession, 1740.—France joins Spain against Great Britain, 1744.—Sea Battles of Matthews, Anson, and Hawke.—Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748.
|
|
Characteristics of the wars from 1739 to 1783
|
254
|
|
Neglect of the navy by French government
|
254
|
|
Colonial possessions of the French, English, and Spaniards
|
255
|
|
Dupleix and La Bourdonnais in India
|
258
|
|
Condition of the contending navies
|
259
|
|
Expeditions of Vernon and Anson
|
261
|
|
Outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession
|
262
|
|
England allies herself to Austria
|
262
|
|
Naval affairs in the Mediterranean
|
263
|
|
Influence of Sea Power on the war
|
264
|
|
Naval battle off Toulon, 1744
|
265
|
|
Causes of English failure
|
267
|
|
Courts-martial following the action
|
268
|
|
Inefficient action of English navy
|
269
|
|
Capture of Louisburg by New England colonists, 1745
|
269
|
|
Causes which concurred to neutralize England's Sea Power
|
269
|
|
France overruns Belgium and invades Holland
|
270
|
|
Naval actions of Anson and Hawke
|
271
|
|
Brilliant defence of Commodore l'Étenduère
|
272
|
|
Projects of Dupleix and La Bourdonnais in the East Indies
|
273
|
|
Influence of Sea Power in Indian affairs
|
275
|
|
La Bourdonnais reduces Madras
|
276
|
|
Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748
|
277
|
|
Madras exchanged for Louisburg
|
277
|
|
Results of the war
|
278
|
|
Effect of Sea Power on the issue
|
279
|
|
CHAPTER VIII.
|
|
Seven Years' War, 1756–1763.—England's Overwhelming Power and Conquests on the Seas, in North America, Europe, and East and West Indies.—Sea Battles: Byng off Minorca; Hawke and Conflans; Pocock and D'Aché in East Indies.
|
