This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...of a Bourbon prince to the Spanish throne. 942. What were the decisive battles of this war? The battles of Blenheim (1704), Kamillies (1706), and Malplaquet (1709), which resulted in the expulsion of the French from Germany and Flanders. 943. What great generals distinguished themselves in this war? The Duke of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...of a Bourbon prince to the Spanish throne. 942. What were the decisive battles of this war? The battles of Blenheim (1704), Kamillies (1706), and Malplaquet (1709), which resulted in the expulsion of the French from Germany and Flanders. 943. What great generals distinguished themselves in this war? The Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene. 944. What was the bequest of Louis XIV. to his successors? A large national debt, an impoverished country, a decimated people, and a tarnished military name. 945. Who succeeded him? His great grandson, Louis XV., a boy of five years of age, in the year 1717. 946. To whom was the regency of the kingdom entrusted? The Duke of Orleans, a profligate prince, who complicated the difficulties with which he was surrounded. 947. Who was his prime minister? Cardinal Dubois, one of the most profligate ecclesiastics in history, who encouraged all kinds of extravagance. 948. What noted financier flourished at this time who promised wonderful things to the embarrassed government? John Law, a Scotch banker, who devised a plan to reduce the national debt. 949. What was his scheme? The creation of the Mississippi Company, endorsed by the government, the shares of which rose to a fabulous amount, since it promised enormous dividends, from the supposed richness of Louisiana in the precious metals. 950. How did this company relieve the government? It was connected with a bank, of which Law was the director, which indefinitely issue 1 notes, secured by the shares of the Mississippi Company. In other words, the national creditor was paid in the notes of the bank, with which he bought shares in the company, which, for some time, continued to rise in value rapidly. 951. What was the upshot of the whole thing? A scheme to increase the paper cur...
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