From "The History of English Speaking Peoples"

What is called the Treaty of Utrecht was in fact a series of separate agreements between individual allied states with France and with Spain.

The Empire continued the war alone. The French court recognised the Protestant succession in Britain, to expel the pretender, demolish forts in Dunkirk and cede various territories in North America and the West Indies, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia.

With Spain the terms were that England should hold Minorca and Gibraltar thus securing control of entry to the Mediterranean The Catalans were delivered diplomatically to the vengeance of the victorious party in Spain.

The treaty was settled in Spring 1713 and signed by John Robinson Bishop of Bristol

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