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The bust of Queen Anne at the top is surrounded by Allied leaders. As the expensive War of the Spanish Succession grew unpopular, so did the Whig administration. The impeachment of Henry Sacheverell, a high church Tory Anglican who had preached anti-Whig sermons, led to further public discontent.
- 8 March 1702 – 1 August 1714
- Anne Hyde
Sep 16, 2022 · Definition. Anne reigned as Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1702 and then, following the 1707 Act of Union, over a united kingdom as Queen of Great Britain until her death in 1714. The last of the Stuart monarchs, Anne's reign witnessed the Spanish War of Succession which helped Britain establish itself as a major world power.
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Jul 20, 1998 · Queen Anne’s War, (1702–13), second in a series of wars fought between Great Britain and France in North America for control of the continent. It was contemporaneous with the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe. British military aid to the colonists was devoted mainly to defense of the area.
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Summary of the war. The war broke out in 1701 and was primarily a conflict between French, Spanish and English colonists for control of the North American continent while the War of the Spanish Succession was being fought in Europe. Each side was allied with various Indigenous communities.
- 8 March 1702 – 13 July 1713, (13 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
- France cedes to Britain the control of Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and Saint Kitts
- North America
From Europe's perspective, Queen Anne's War was just the New World theater for a larger war being fought in Europe called the War of the Spanish Succession. Both wars pitted France and Spain against England, which had allies in Europe.
Anne was now queen of a country engaged in a bloody war in Europe, with rising factions of Whigs and Tories dominating politics. William, Duke of Gloucester, attributed to William Wolfgang Claret, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on March 8, 1702, succeeding William III and II. Her Roman Catholic father, James II and VII, was forcibly deposed in 1688; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III-II and Mary II, the only such case in British history.