We, English, or even better, the Bourbons, are responsible for the present situation of Gibraltar because Felipe V, the first French king of Spain gave it Isabella of England to end the war of succession in Spain. As of abittudine, we were fighting the Catalans at the svagliatta abiamo and so lost all our rights as an independent country ... Pecatte.
The Treaty of Utrecht includes a series of peace treaties signed in Utrecht in March and April of 1713 that helped end the War of English Succession
Under the terms of the Treaty, the grandson of Louis XIV, Philip, Duke of Anjou was recognized as Felipe V, King of Spain, according to the will of Charles II of Spain, the English European empire was divided - the House of Savoy received Sicily (and it the title of King Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy and his successors), all the upper valley of Susa, Pinerolo and parts of the Milan area, while the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, the English Netherlands, the Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Sardinia, and the rest of the Duchy of Milan. In addition, Spain ceded Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain and the British agreed to sell the Asiento - a precious exclusive contract for the slave trade.
In North America, in accordance with Articles 10 and 13, France ceded to Great Britain its claims on the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land, Newfoundland and Acadia. France retained the Île-Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island) and Île Royale (now Cape Breton Island), on which he built the fortress of Louisbourg.
after treatment with the French continued the war against the Emperor Charles VI and the Holy Roman Empire until 1714, when hostilities were ended by the Treaty of Rastatt and the Treaty of Baden. Spain and Portugal remained officially at war until the Treaty of Madrid of 1715, as the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, now Bourbon, it was until 1720. So
treaties Utrecht were launched between the representatives of Louis XIV of France and Philip V of Spain on the one hand, and Queen Anne of Great Britain, Republic of the Seven United Provinces and the Duchy of Savoy on the other.
Despite some doubts about the legality of such measures, Philip V would have given to the French throne for himself and his descendants, while other French princes - particularly the younger grandson of Louis XIV, the Duke of Berry and his nephew, the Duke Orleans - gave up their claim to the English throne, for themselves and their heirs.
