George I31 March 1713
The Treaty of Utrecht recognises the Hanoverian succession in Great Britain.
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The Treaty of Utrecht recognises the Hanoverian succession in Great Britain.
Concludes peace terms ending Britain's role in the war.
Concludes the British peace with France and helps end Britain's part in the war.
Gains French recognition of British control in Acadia.
Under the Treaty of Utrecht France cedes Acadia to Great Britain.
Gains French recognition of British claims around Hudson Bay.
Under the Treaty of Utrecht France cedes Hudson Bay claims to Great Britain.
Receives French recognition of British sovereignty over Newfoundland.
Under the Treaty of Utrecht France recognises British sovereignty over Newfoundland.
Britain gains sole possession of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean.
Acadia Newfoundland and Hudson Bay expand Britain's Atlantic empire.
Britain secures commercial advantages alongside the peace treaty.
France recognises the Hanoverian succession and accepts British gains in North America.
France recognises the Protestant succession established in Britain.
The settlement prevents union of the French and Spanish crowns.
The Treaty of Utrecht ends Britain's participation in the War of the Spanish Succession while Marlborough remains abroad.
The settlement recognises the Hanoverian succession before his accession.
Backs the Tory ministry's decision to settle peace at Utrecht.
Bolingbroke helps negotiate the peace settlement ending Britain's part in the war.
Helps negotiate the British peace settlement at Utrecht.
Helps negotiate the British settlement with France and Spain.
Supports the ministry during the final peace settlement.
Represents British interests in negotiations at Utrecht.
Bolingbroke defends the peace settlement against Whig criticism.
Tories support ending Britain's costly war through the Utrecht settlement.
Whigs attack the Utrecht terms as too favourable to France.
Britain receives Gibraltar from Spain under the peace settlement.
Gibraltar and Minorca give Britain strategic Mediterranean bases.
Britain receives Minorca from Spain under the peace settlement.
Minorca strengthens Britain's naval presence in the western Mediterranean.
Britain concludes peace with Spain and receives Mediterranean concessions.
Britain gains the asiento for supplying enslaved Africans to Spanish America.
Britain receives permission for an annual trading ship to Spanish America.
Britain recognises Philip V as King of Spain under the treaty.
Accession confirms the succession recognised by France at Utrecht.
Inherits the foreign policy consequences of the Utrecht peace.
The post-Utrecht settlement shapes later diplomacy involving Spain, Sicily and Sardinia.
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