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I’m a high school senior and am currently enrolled in the class AP European History. Recently this semester, we did a simulation of diplomacy and war as a project where all members of the class became the leaders of most of the European nations ca. 1700 ending around 1720-30. We are doing another simulation based off the results of the first in the upcoming semester, however this will need to start after the Napoleonic Era (about 1815-1820ish) so there will be a nearly hundred-year gap between the end of the first and beginning of the second. I was hoping to find what would realistically happen based off the first simulation. Every deal and war is listed below with map of corresponding territorial differences. Remember, some actions may be implausible, but they have already occurred and cannot at this point be changed.

In Chronological Order starting at the PoD around 1700

Alliances and Treaties

· Sweden and the Netherlands signed a mutual defense treaty and trade deal

· Russia, Austria, Sweden, and Prussia all agreed to non-aggression (not entirely binding)

· The Ottoman Empire signed an anti-Safavid alliance with the Khanate of Bukhara and the Mughal Empire

· England and France allied (France broke this treaty)

· England signed an alliance with the Iroquois Confederacy

· Spain and France came to an agreement over the heir to Charles II of Spain (this fell through)

· Spain and France created an agreement to attack Portugal (this too feel through with Spain ceding all of its North American possessions and the Philippines to France)

· Before death, Charles II made Archduke Charles of Austria his heir.

· Austria organized an alliance of German states and Northern Italian States in opposition to Bourbon France

Wars and Territorial Changes

· Russia and Prussia declared war on Poland ending with a partition consisting of West Prussia to Prussia and the rest of Poland to Russia.

· Sweden defeated and absorbed Denmark and its colonies

· Prussia defeated Saxony and absorbed it

· Prussia was defeated by Bavaria, status quo antebellum outcome

· A joint Ottoman, Bukhara, Mughal, Dutch, and Russian effort defeated the Safavids with more Ottoman gains in Iraq, Russian gains on the Caspian coast, the Mughals gaining Balochistan, the Bukharans gaining some territory in northeast Persia and the Dutch getting the former Portuguese port of Hormuz.

· The Ottomans defeated the Sultanate of Morocco absorbing most of its territory except for the Tingitana Peninsula which was seized by Spain

· The Ottomans seized the island of Sicily

· France gained all Dutch territories in India and the aforementioned Spanish colonies

· Louis XIV was deposed by popular revolt which most countries of Europe supported, Minister of State Francois-Michel le Tellier Marquis de Louvois became the interim leader of France. In a bid for military support, Louis traded New France and Florida to Russia with Newfoundland going to Sweden. Both countries just seized these territories and then supported the revolt which was heightened by the loss of Louis’ support amongst the nobility.

· England and the Iroquois defeated Russia and took what was New France

· Revolutionary France seized Newfoundland and Florida with conflicting claims resulting

Royalty

· Frederick William I King of Prussia was successfully assassinated by the Austrians

· An attempt was foiled on Maria Theresa perpetrated by Prussia

· A failed attempt on Sultan Mustafa II culminated in the death of the future Sultan Mahmud I and consort Saliha Sultan, linked to Austria and Spain

· A failed attempt on Louis XIV ended with the death of Philippe I Duke of Orleans and his wife Elizabeth Charlotte Madame Palatine, linked to the Ottomans

· William III of England, Charles II of Spain, and Louis XIV all died of natural causes before 1710

· House of Bourbon was behind a failed attempt to assassinated Minister Louvois immediately after the revolution



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