Zusammenfassung der Ressource
THE WAR OF NINE YEARS
- Was a war fought in Europe
and the American colonies
- WHEN?
- Between 1688 and 1697
- Ends on September 20, 1697
- End by signing a
peace treaty called
the Treaty of Rijswijk
but it was an
inconclusive peace
- WHICH INVOLVED?
- They must return
all conquered
cities and districts
- WAR THAT INVOLVED?
- To try to stop French
expansion on the Rine river.
- BUT
- His ultimate goal was to
form a coalition
offensive against France
which was the largest
European power of the
moment
- AS DEVELOPMENT?
- French expansion to avoid
the League of Augsburg
was formed in 1686
- WHO CREATED THE LEAGUE?
- It was created by Emperor
Leopold I and several German
princes as the Palatinate,
Bavaria and Brandenburg.
- the alliance was
the incorporation
of other countries
as
- Portugal, the
Spanish
Monarchy,
Sweden and the
United Provinces.