Britain and Spain are kind of at war (a little bit). Everyone is squabbling. France is trying to make peace.
"Preliminaries" means these aren't put into action, they're the things that everyone is trying to get everyone else to agree on. Spain is the last holdout. This is the one where Rottembourg gets a slap on the wrist from Fleury because the British aren't happy with what the concessions he made to Spain (even though he was probably told to do exactly that).
Terms
Austria is supposed to to suspend the Ostend Company for 7 years (a face-saving device to keep them from having to agree to shut it down for good).
Everyone's supposed to stick to the various treaties of 1713-1721 (these are the things everyone's squabbling over). Britain and Spain are supposed to stop fighting and return to the status quo.
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1730 Recent Diplomacy: 1727 Preliminaries of Paris
Date: 2022-01-01 06:22 pm (UTC)Britain and Spain are kind of at war (a little bit). Everyone is squabbling. France is trying to make peace.
"Preliminaries" means these aren't put into action, they're the things that everyone is trying to get everyone else to agree on. Spain is the last holdout. This is the one where Rottembourg gets a slap on the wrist from Fleury because the British aren't happy with what the concessions he made to Spain (even though he was probably told to do exactly that).
Terms
Austria is supposed to to suspend the Ostend Company for 7 years (a face-saving device to keep them from having to agree to shut it down for good).
Everyone's supposed to stick to the various treaties of 1713-1721 (these are the things everyone's squabbling over). Britain and Spain are supposed to stop fighting and return to the status quo.