Chapter 15: Charles’s foreign policy resulted in embarrassing setbacks

Question 1

what were the two aims of the Second Anglo-Dutch war

Answer 1

• commercial rivalry
• designed to aid Louis XIV in his campaign to destroy the Protestant Dutch Republic

Question 2

how was the second Anglo-Dutch war badly managed

Answer 2

James II, Lord High Admiral, despite his previous victories, 1667 the Dutch were able to break the chain the blocked the Medway River and destroy the English ships at anchor on the other side

Question 3

what were examples of James II previous victories

Answer 3

• Lowestoft
• Sole Bay

Question 4

consequence of the Second-Anglo Dutch War

Answer 4

• national humiliation
• Navigation acts adjusted so that the Dutch could import into England using their own ships

Question 5

consequences of The Third Anglo-Dutch War

Answer 5

• put England on the side of Catholic France against the Protestant Dutch Republic
• led to further confrontations between the King and parliament