Lot of 5 1745-1748 newspapers WAR of the AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION King George's War For Sale

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Lot of 5 1745-1748 newspapers WAR of the AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION King George's War:
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Lot of 5 1745-1748 newspapers covering the WAR of the AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (in Europe), and known as King George's War in the American Colonies

Lot of 5 1745-1748 newspapers covering the WAR of the AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (in Europe), and known as King George's War in the American Colonies- inv # generic

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SEE PHOTO(s) - Lot of five (5) COMPLETE ORIGINALNEWSPAPERs,theNorthampton Mercury(ENGLAND) dated between 1745 and 1748. These 5 randomly picked original newspapers contain coverage of the WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (in Europe), known as KING GEORGE'S WAR in the American Colonies.

These 5 issues dated between 1745 and 1748 are selected at random from our inventory of this title.

The War of the Austrian Succession was the last of the three major Bourbon-Habsburg wars of the first half of the 18th century. It was preceded by the 1700–1715 War of the Spanish Succession, which confirmed Bourbon control of Spain, but where the Spanish crown ceded control of much of its European territory to the Habsburgs, and the 1733–1735 War of the Polish Succession, which began as an unrelated conflict, but was primarily used as a proxy war by the Bourbons and Habsburgs and mainly resulted in several significant territorial exchanges between the two great dynasties. The War of the Austrian Succession was fought from 1740 to 1748, and marked the rise of Prussia as a great power.[8] Related conflicts included King George's War, the War of Jenkins' Ear, the First Carnatic War and the First and the Second Silesian Wars.

The pretext for the war was Maria Theresa's right to inherit her father Emperor Charles VI's crown in the Habsburg monarchy, but France, Prussia and Bavaria really saw it as an opportunity to challenge the Habsburg power. Maria Theresa was backed by Britain, the Dutch Republic and Hanover, which were collectively known as the Pragmatic Allies. As the conflict widened, it drew in other participants, among them Spain, Sardinia, Saxony, Sweden and Russia.

There were four primary theatres of the war: Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, and the seas. Prussia occupied Silesia in 1740 and repulsed Austrian efforts to regain it, and between 1745 and 1748, France conquered most of the Austrian Netherlands. Elsewhere, Austria and Sardinia defeated Spanish attempts to regain territories in Northern Italy, and by 1747, a British naval blockade was crippling French trade.

The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) by which Maria Theresa was confirmed as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary. The treaty reflected that stalemate since most of the commercial issues that had led to the war were left unresolved, and many of the signatories were unhappy with the terms. Although the war had nearly bankrupted the state, Louis XV withdrew from the Low Countries for minimal benefit, to the dismay of France's nobility and populace. The Spanish considered their gains in Italy inadequate since they had failed to recover Menorca or Gibraltar and viewed the reassertion of British commercial rights in the Americas as an insult.

Although Maria Theresa was acknowledged as her father's heir, she did not consider that a concession and deeply resented Britain's role in forcing her to cede Silesia to Prussia. For British statesmen, the war demonstrated the vulnerability of George II's German possession of Hanover to Prussia, and many politicians considered they had received little benefit from the enormous subsidies paid to Austria.

The only state to come out unequivocally better from the war was likely Prussia and its king, Frederick the Great, which not only emerged territorially enriched by the acquisition of the large and productive land of Silesia, but also raised its profile to become a major great power of Europe for the next century, serving as a northern German counterbalance to Austrians.

The result was the realignment known as the Diplomatic Revolution, a major restructuring of the centuries-old alliance system in Europe. Habsburg Austria and Bourbon France emerged as allies to counterbalance the ascendent Prussia, which itself became allied to Great Britain, ending the Anglo-Austrian Alliance which had been in place for the first half of the century. These shifting alliances set up the Seven Years' War in the following decade.

King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay (which included Maine as well as Massachusetts at the time), New Hampshire (which included Vermont at the time), and Nova Scotia. Its most significant action was an expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley that besieged and ultimately captured the French fortress of Louisbourg, on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, in 1745. In French, it is known as the Troisième Guerre Intercoloniale or Third Intercolonial War. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war in 1748 and restored Louisbourg to France, but failed to resolve any outstanding territorial issues.St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The French attacked St. John's in 1705 (Siege of St. John's), and captured it in 1708 (Battle of St. John's), devastating civilian structures with fire on each instance. The harbour remained fortified through most of the 18th and 19th centuries. The final battle of the Seven Years' War in North America (known as the French and Indian War in the US) was fought in 1762, in St. John's. Following a surprise capture of the town by the French early in the year, the British responded and, at the Battle of Signal Hill, the French surrendered St. John's to British forces under the command of Colonel William Amherst.Excellent condition. This listing includes the 5 complete entire original newspapers, NOT just a clipping or a page of them. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers paypriority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect the purchased itemfrom damage in the mail. Uponrequest by the buyer, we can ship by USPS Media Mail to reduce postage cost; however, please be aware that USPS Media Mailcanbe very slow in its time of transit to the buyer.International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!

Stephen A. Goldman Historical Newspapers has been in the business of buying and selling historical newspapers for over 50 years. Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 50+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.

Stephen A. Goldman Historical Newspapershas been in the business of buying and selling historical newspapers for over 50 years. We are located in the charming Maryland Eastern Shore town of OXFORD, Maryland. Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 50+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.We invite customer requestsforhistorical newspapers that are not yetlocated in our extensive listing ofitems. With an inventory of nearlya million historical newspapers (and their early precursors) we arelikely have just the one YOU are searching for.WE ARE ALSO ACTIVE BUYERS OF HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS, including large and small personal collections, bound volumes, significant individual issues, or deaccessions from libraries and historical societies. IF YOU WANT TO SELL, WE WANT TO BUY !!!

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