1700-1710 The War That Reshaped Empires
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In this episode of History in Decades, Jim Rand explores the opening decade of the 18th century (1700–1710). We examine the three biggest developments that mattered most for the future of what would become the United States.
The death of Spain’s King Charles II triggers the War of the Spanish Succession, a global conflict that spilled into North America.
In the American colonies (still seventy years from independence), Queen Anne’s War brings fierce fighting in the southeast and northeast…
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