The Treaty of Utretch

The Treaty of Utrecht was a treaty that was signed in the town of Utrecht in Great Britain the year 1713 by Louis XIV of France, Phillip V of Spain, Anne of Great Britain, John V of Portugal, Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and the United Provinces. In this treaty Phillip V of Spain renounced to the throne of France and yielded to England Menorca and Gibraltar. Then Spain also yielded to the signatories terrains from his kingdom, terrains that would help the countries that have signed the treaty. In this treaty Great Britain won Gibraltar and Menorca.  These territories were in a strategic point because in Gibraltar Great Britain can communicate with the Atlantic Ocean and with the Mediterranean Sea.  Menorca was also a strategic point because Great Britain could control trade along the Mediterranean Sea. 

 

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