War of SPanish Succession (1 jan 1701 ano – 1 jan 1714 ano)
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The king of spain did not have an heir and was going to give the throne to a french prince who declared that France and Spain should Unify. Afraid of this unification of Bourbon and Hapsburg power, England, Holland, Austria, and Prussia aligned and fought against this disruption of power. It ended without the unification of the two countries which had to sign a treaty to prevent this from happening. Louis XIV of France to obtain favourable Peace terms in the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
Louis XIV's grandson, Philip, became king of Spain on the condition that Spain and France would never be united. Great Britain received Gibraltar, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, the Hudson Bay territories and the monopoly of the slave trade with Latin America.
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