The loss of English territories in France was the main cause of York’s hatred of Somerset and worsened the relationship between Henry and York, whose relationship was already strained because of the court faction’s suspicions of York’s intentions and fears of attainder. York and the Neville’s wanted to see better governance and for Henry to regard them equally as the Beaufort’s. The feud between Somerset and York was because York felt dishonoured by Somerset’s easy surrender of Rouen and other lands of York’s appanage in 1450. As the son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge; who was executed for treason against Henry V, York was sensitive to the issue of family honour. He presented an article to the king in 1452, criticising Somerset for his failure to defend Rouen from attack and his surrender of Rouen in 1449 despite soldiers protesting.
Louis's heavy taxes fell on the peasants, who revolted. This led to the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713), which was over the issue of the succession to the Spanish throne: Louis claimed Spain but was opposed by the Dutch, English, Austrians, and Prussians. The war was also an attempt to preserve the balance of power in Europe and to check France's commercial power overseas. A Grand Alliance of the English, Dutch, Austrians, and Prussians was formed in 1701 to fight the French. Eugene of Savoy and Churchill of England led the alliance to victory over Louis.
Burke was dismayed that some Whigs, instead of reaffirming the principles of the Whig party he laid out in the Reflections, had rejected them in favor of "French principles" and criticized Burke for abandoning Whig principles. Burke wanted to demonstrate his fidelity to Whig principles. Therefore on 3 August 1791 Burke published his Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, in which he renewed his criticism of the radical revolutionary programmers inspired by the French Revolution and attacked the Whigs who supported them as holding principles contrary to those traditionally held by the Whig party. Burke supported the war against revolutionary France, seeing Britain as fighting on the side of the royalists and émigres in a civil war, rather than fighting against the whole nation of France. Burke also supported the royalist uprising in La Vendee.
The Netherlands were supplied with troops and Denmark with money. 1626- Another expedition to Spain ended in failure. Ships turned back by heavy storms. 1626- France made a separate peace with Spain, disappointing Charles and Buckingham who were expecting a French alliance. 1627- A naval expedition was sent to Rhé in France in the hope of sparking off a Hugeunot uprising.
While the sale of the territory by Spain back to France in 1800 went largely unnoticed, fear of an eventual French invasion spread nationwide when, in 1801, Napoleon sent a military force to secure New Orleans. Southerners feared that Napoleon would free all the slaves in Louisiana, which could trigger slave uprisings elsewhere. [8] Though Jefferson urged moderation, Federalists sought to use this against Jefferson and called for hostilities against France. Undercutting them, Jefferson took up the banner and threatened an alliance with Britain, although relations were uneasy in that direction. [8] In 1801 Jefferson supported France in its plan to take back Saint-Domingue, then under control of Toussaint Louverture after a slave rebellion.
Revolutionary terror is essentially force used or implemented against people or groups who are counter-revolutionary. This caused a great fear of revolution in Britain and contributed to Britain going to war with France In January 1793 after the execution of Louis XVI. This led to a fear of French invasion of Britain throughout the country and worried Pitt and his government greatly from 1793-1801. This fear was not unfounded as France tried to invade Britain twice, firstly, in 1797 a small group of French soldiers landed in the small welsh village of Fishguard . Even though this small band of troops were easily captured and dealt with, it still began to plant a very real threat of invasion into Britain's soils.
There was a massive loss of resources and income after the recline of land in France, leading to the powerful men of England to take arms in aid of their lords this lead to the battle of St Albans The weakness of royal power can be pin pointed to the king. Henry was never a fit king to rule a country such as England; he was not the man his father Henry V would ever be. And this caused a sense of unrest to the people of England. This can be reflected by his counterproductive peace policy with France, that lead to the loss of royal lands that his father had once gained. Henry was supported and manipulated by William de la Pole, Edmund Beaufort and his French wife, Margaret of Anjou.
In 1176, Henry had a dispute with Frederick. In return for aiding Frederick against the Lombard cities, he asked for the city of Goslar with all its mines. Frederick refused, and their partnership ended there. In 1778, Henry was charged by the Saxon nobles with breaching the king’s peace and in turn lost his duchies. The Saxon duchy was then split into two parts.
The war between Britain and France ended with the victorious British deeply in debt and demanding more revenue from the colonies. The Sugar Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act, and Quartering Act were all designed to make the colonies(which were in fact deeply indebted to England)carry some of the load for and provide support to their mother country. Unfortunately these legitimate acts were made illegitimate by the fact that they were demanded without representation. A popular phrase before the revolution was in fact, “No taxation without representation.” When the colonies applied for representation in Parliament they were ultimately brushed aside.The colonial leaders called continuosly for a boycott of English goods and the British sent troops in the city.These troops shot and killed five men in the Boston Massacre.The colonies responded with the Boston Tea Party and the fight went on until the win of the U.S. The enlightment ideas also helped American people in their revolution with thinkers such as John Locke and
King Louis XVI was the ruler at the start of the revolution. The French Republic was created at the National Convention in September 1792. This eliminated the absolute monarchy but to make it official the revolutionaries decided to execute the king by guillotine. “The execution of the king created new enemies for the revolution, both at home and abroad” (Spielvogel). This quote shows the destruction this had on France.