Treaty of Utrecht
Tories support ending Britain's costly war through the Utrecht settlement.
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Tories support ending Britain's costly war through the Utrecht settlement.
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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