Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Austria and Hanover are at war
• Leader Erich I is active

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1500
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1510)

Description

Erich I of Calenberg (1470-1540) was regarded as one of the 'last knights'. In his 18th year he made the pilgrimage to Jerusalem and entered the service of his godfather Emperor Maximilian. Spending his best years fighting in the battles of Maximilian, he rarely visited his lands. Erich's presence is reported in 1497 against the Ottoman Turks, in 1499 against the Swiss, in 1503/04 in Bavaria, 1507/08 against Venice, 1512 in Nothern Germany, 1513 in France and Italy and 1514 in Frisia. At the Battle of Regensburg in the Bavarian Campaign of 1503/04 he saved the Emperor's life and became one of his closest friends, supporters and favorites.

Actions

A. For God and Emperor Maximilian

• Gain a royal marriage with Austria
• +100 relations with Austria

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Own Hannover

Will happen within 100 days of April 2, 1515
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1517)

Description

Between 1515 and 1523 the Welfendukes were in constant warfare with the Bishop of Hildesheim and war parties of both sides ravaged the countryside. The feud started as the Bishop of Hildesheim tried to reform the financial situation of the diocese and bought off the land his predecessors mortgaged to independent knights. The Knights thus got a fixed amount of payment but lost the income of their estates and had to give up their independence. They refused to accept the repayment and cancellation of the mortgage contract and called the Dukes of Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg for help, who in turn took the leadership of the uprising.

Actions

A. Give in to the bishop and leave the knights alone

• -1 base tax value in Hannover
• +25 relations with Papal States
• Event 48002 - The Feud is won for Hanover will never fire
• -5 victory points

B. Fight it out

• Stability -2
• Revolt risk value in Hannover +7
• +1000 cavalry in Hannover

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Event 48001 - The Hildesheimer Stiftsfeud for Hanover has already occurred

Will happen within 50 days of May 8, 1523
Checked again every 50 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1525)
unless prevented by
Action A of 48001 - The Hildesheimer Stiftsfeud for Hanover

Description

Although the Bishop of Hildesheim won with the aid of Duke Heinrich of Luneburg the only real battle of the Feud against Erich in 1519, the Dukes of Calenberg and Wolfenbüttel achieved the support of Emperor Charles V and the Electorat assembly. Heinrich of Luneburg was forced to cease his support for Hildesheim in 1521 and the isolated Bishop had to give up after two more years of fighting. The peace solution brought some territorial gain for Calenberg and Wolfenbüttel.

Actions

A. Duke Erich is allowed to keep conquered territory

• Revolt risk value in Hannover -7
• Stability +1
• +1 base tax value in Hannover

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1527
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1529)

Description

After Emperor Charles V had rejected the Protestants' confessional positions at the Imperial Parliament of Augsburg (1529-1530), the North German Protestant Imperial estates formed the League of Schmalkalden, with a joint army and treasury and seeking ties abroad (France). The League enjoyed early successes in the years 1532-1540 as the Emperor was threaten by Turkish danger and forced to conclude Religious peace settlements in Nuremberg (1532) and Kaaden (1534).

Actions

A. Give it our support

• +100 relations with France
• +100 relations with England
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• +150 relations with Baden
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Palatinate
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +50 relations with Cologne
• +50 relations with Bavaria
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Strasburg

B. Ignore it

• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Baden
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Strasburg

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Stability is at 2 or higher

Will happen within 400 days of January 2, 1586
Checked again every 400 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1590)

Description

After years of mismanagement the early Mercantilist Julius of Wolfenbüttel rebuilds the economy and administration.

Actions

A. Economic Reforms

• Mercantilism +1
• -5% inflation
• Infrastructure tech investment: +100
• Trade tech investment: +100

B. Reform the Army

• Land tech investment: +100

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1605
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)

Description

The Holy Roman Empire had a fragile balance, split between 10 major and nearly 400 minor states and principalities, as well as two opposing religions. The power of the Emperor was quite limited beyond his direct domains and the erratic and inconsistent behavior of some of them as Rudolph II, such increased frictions. In 1608, the Protestant city of Donauwerth refused Catholics the right to practice their cult and was banned from the Empire. As a reaction, most German Protestant states formed the Evangelic Union to defend their freedom.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• +100 relations with France
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• +150 relations with Baden
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Palatinate
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Holstein
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +50 relations with Cologne
• +50 relations with Bavaria
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Baden
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Austria

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is catholic
  • State religion is counterreform

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1607
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)

Description

The German Catholic states felt threatened by the 1608 creation of the Evangelic Union of their northern Protestant neighbors, following the Donauwerth exclusion from the Empire. Feeling the urge to unite, they regrouped into a Catholic League that same year. The stage was set for the Thirty Years War.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• -100 relations with France
• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Baden
• -150 relations with Hesse
• -150 relations with Palatinate
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Holstein
• +50 relations with Cleves
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Papal States
• +100 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Baden
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -100 relations with Austria

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Leader Herzog Georg is active

Will happen within 700 days of January 2, 1631
Checked again every 700 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1639)

Description

Between 1635 and 1637 Georg established a private permanent army and managed with Swedish aid to liberate the Welfenterritory from the Emperor's troops under Tilly. Later he took a neutral position between the Emperor and the Swedes and used his army to keep the heavy fighting off the country. His strategies were based upon defensive warfare supported by modern artillery. The army was the first permanent force in Luneburg, Calenberg and Wolfenbüttel and was kept in service to become the predecessor of the Hanoveranian army.

Actions

A. Yes, we need a permanent force!

• Quality +2
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Land tech investment: +200
• Stability +1
• +5000 infantry in Hannover
• +10 artillery in Hannover
• -100

B. No, it is too expensive

• Stability -1

Hanover — Not random

Will happen on November 9, 1641

Description

Meeting with French and Swedish officers at the banquet of Hildesheim, Duke Georg and many of the Swedes die. Administration suffers greatly after Georg's death and his inexperienced successors were unable to balance between the powers. They eventually made a seperate peace with the emperor and thus missed the opportunity to expand their territory in the Westfalian peace.

Actions

A. Damn!

• Stability -3

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3611 - The League of Augsburg for Hanover has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Austria and Hanover are at war
• Own Hannover

Will happen within 10 days of January 10, 1689
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1692)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3611 - The League of Augsburg for Hanover

Description

During the second half of the 17th century the lands of Calenberg and Luneburg were successively ruled by able leaders who managed to regain much of the former strength of the Welfen in the middle ages. As Duke Georg Wilhelm of Luneburg was childless and Ernst August of Hanover his only heir, the opportunity arised to reunite a great part of the Welfen realm. Against resistance within the family Duke Ernst August of Hanover introduced a new law of succession to the eldest son that should prevent further divisions. Yet he was outlived by Georg Wilhelm and the inheritance of Luneburg was to be achieved by his son Georg Ludwig in 1705. However the Emperor acknowledged the reestablished power of the Welfen in Northern Germany and offered to make them Electors on December 9th 1692. Yet the opposition of the older line of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and the Elector of Saxony had to be dealt with. The Saxons could be convinced, but the Brunswickers managed to gain French support against Hanover.

Actions

A. Bribe the Saxons and fight against Brunswick!

• -50
• +50 relations with Saxony
• Revolt risk value in Hannover +5
• Hannover revolts
• Stability -1
• -50 relations with France
• Event 48007 - Hanover needs our support to become Elector for Saxony is triggered immediately

B. Do not become elector

• Event 48008 - At last the opposition is overthrown for Hanover will never fire
• Event 181000 - The Electorate of Hanover for Hanover will never fire
• Event 181001 - The Electorate of Hanover for Hanover will never fire
• -50 victory points

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Event 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Bremen exists

Will happen within 100 days of January 4, 1692
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1692)
unless prevented by
Action B of 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover
Action A of 181001 - The Electorate of Hanover for Hanover

Description

During his reign in the Calenberg part of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Ernst August conducted an ambitious and determined policy, intending to rise to the ranks of the most powerful imperial princes. Since 1662 he was Prince Bishop of osnabrück and eventually he managed to inherit all possessions of the Lüneburg branch of Braunschweig, which secured a solid territorial base for his country that was further expanded by his successor's acquisition of the old archbishopric of Bremen. He maintained a strong standing army, conducted centralistic reforms and managed to introduce primogeniture, finally securing the country's unity. By successfully supporting him against the Ottomans and promising to always vote for the Habsburg candidate in imperial elections, he convinced Emperor Leopold to grant the electoral dignity to the house of Brunswick-Lüneburg that became thereafter known as the Electorate of Hanover.

Actions

A. Great!

• +50 victory points
• +10000 population in the capital province
• +3 base tax value in the capital province
• +2 base manpower in the capital province
• Centralization +2
• +200 relations with Austria
• Bremen will be considered a claim province
• Event 181001 - The Electorate of Hanover for Hanover will never fire

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Event 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover has already occurred
• Bremen exists

Will happen within 100 days of January 5, 1692
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1692)
unless prevented by
Action B of 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover
Action A of 181000 - The Electorate of Hanover for Hanover

Description

During his reign in the Calenberg part of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Ernst August conducted an ambitious and determined policy, intending to rise to the ranks of the most powerful imperial princes. Since 1662 he was Prince Bishop of osnabrück and eventually he managed to inherit all possessions of the Lüneburg branch of Braunschweig, which secured a solid territorial base for his country. He maintained a strong standing army, conducted centralistic reforms and managed to introduce primogeniture, finally securing the country's unity. By successfully supporting him against the Ottomans and promising to always vote for the Habsburg candidate in imperial elections, he convinced Emperor Leopold to grant the electoral dignity to the house of Brunswick-Lüneburg that became thereafter known as the Electorate of Hanover.

Actions

A. Great!

• +50 victory points
• +10000 population in the capital province
• +3 base tax value in the capital province
• +2 base manpower in the capital province
• Centralization +2
• +200 relations with Austria
• Event 181000 - The Electorate of Hanover for Hanover will never fire

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Event 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover has already occurred
• Own Hannover

Will happen within 500 days of January 12, 1700
Checked again every 500 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after October 11, 1710)
unless prevented by
Action B of 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover

Description

After fighting and arresting the Army of Brunswick, the opposition ceased and the Duke of Hanover was finally introduced to the assembly of Electors in 1708.

Actions

A. I am an Elector!

• +50 victory points
• Hanover will now have 2 electoral votes in the Holy Roman Empire
• Stability +1
• Revolt risk value in Hannover -5
• Centralization +1

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Own Hannover

Will happen within 50 days of August 13, 1705
Checked again every 50 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1706)

Description

As the last Duke of Luneburg, Georg Wilhelm, dies childless, Elector Georg Ludwig inherits Luneburg.

Actions

A. It's all mine!

• +2 base tax value in Hannover
• Centralization +1

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed
• England exists
• Event 48010 - The Act of Settlement for England has already occurred

Will happen on August 1, 1714

Description

The act of Settlement makes us the heir to the English Throne! In order to become King our monarch must leave Germany and live in England. What should he do?

Actions

A. Rule Hanover from England

• Event 3612 - The Hanover Dynasty in England for Hanover is triggered immediately
• Event 48030 - The Hanover Dynasty in England for England is triggered immediately
• Event 48012 - No Protestant Heir for England will never fire

B. Let my cousins of Brunswick rule Hanover

• Monarch Georg I Ludwig will never rule
• Monarch Georg II will never rule
• Monarch George III will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinand Albrecht ° becomes active
• Monarch Ludwig Rudolf ° becomes active
• Monarch Ferdinand Albrecht ° becomes active
• Monarch Karl I ° becomes active
• Monarch Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand ° becomes active
• Monarch Friedrich Wilhelm ° becomes active
• Monarch Regency (Karl II) ° becomes active
• Leader Ferdinand becomes active
• Leader Der Schwarze Herzog becomes active
• +1 base tax value in Hannover
• Event 3612 - The Hanover Dynasty in England for Hanover is triggered immediately
• Event 48032 - George Will Be Our New King for England is triggered immediately
• Event 48012 - No Protestant Heir for England will never fire

C. Refuse to accept these conditions

• Event 48031 - The Return of the Stuarts for England is triggered immediately
• Event 48012 - No Protestant Heir for England will never fire

Hanover — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1728
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1730)

Description

Gerlach Adolph, Freiherr von Münchhausen was appointed to the Hanoveranian secret council in 1728 and dominated the Hanoveranian government for almost 50 years. He tried to keep an independent Hanoveranian diplomacy alive, but had to accept that most monarchs would rather communicate with the English ambassador. The most feared scenario was that a major European power could attack Hanover as revenge against an England that was out of reach. Against English plans, Münchhausen managed to avoid an alliance with the isolated Prussians and keep a neutral position in Germany up to the start of the seven years war.

Actions

A. Appoint him

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 420 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +1 for 420 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 420 months

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Event 48024 - An excellent minister for Hanover has already occurred

Will happen within 70 days of January 2, 1734
Checked again every 70 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1734)

Description

Muenchhausen's greatest achievement was the foundation of the university of Goettingen.

Actions

A. Let us build the university

• Innovativeness +1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• -200

B. Let us build a new church instead

• Innovativeness -1
• A random province converts to the state religion
• +1 missionaries
• -200

C. We are a poor country and cannot afford great investments

• -5 victory points

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3044 - William Pitt the Elder for England has already occurred
• Hanover is a vassal of England

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1757
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1758)

Description

As William Pitt kept a strong contempt for Hanover, England began to dominate Hanoveranian foreign relations to a point that threatend the mere existence of Hanover. He drove Hanover into an unhappy alliance with Prussia, but refused to send English reinforcements as the Hanoveranian army was left alone by the Prussians after Friedrich lost the battle of Kolin. Heavily outnumbered by a French invasion force, they had to withdraw and left most parts of Hanover under French occupation. When Pitt finally decided to send English troops after Friedrichs victory at Roßbach, the northern German army was under English control with a Prussian general and fought for English and Prussian aims, not for Hanover. The end of the war brought poverty and almost destruction to Hanover, but immense wealth and colonial power to England. In these days Hanoveranian sympathy for England was at low tide and King Georg II asked the Hanoveranian secret council if it was time to break the personal union.

Actions

A. Keep the Union

• -50 relations with England
• Gain a royal marriage with England
• Leader Ferdinand becomes active

B. It is time to go separate ways

• Break vassalization with England
• -100 relations with England
• -50 relations with Prussia
• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Austria

Hanover — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1779
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1779)

Description

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment in Germany and can be considered the father of the modern German theater and literary criticism. Born in Upper Lusatia in 1729, he came in contact with literature and philosophy at the university of Meissen. After working quite unsuccessfully as a playwright and literary critic in Leipzig, Berlin, Breslau and Hamburg, he finally got an office as librarian in Wolfenbüttel, paid by his patron, the Elector of Hanover. He was strongly influenced by classic poetry and dramaturgy and, especially, by Shakespeare and wanted German theater to follow these ideals instead of the French classical theater. While he tried to contribute to the establishment of a German national theater in Hamburg between 1766-1769 (which eventually failed), he wrote down his ideas of a drama true to the spirit of Aristotelian dramatic unities and devoted to spread the ideas of the Enlightenment in the Hamburgische Dramaturgie. According to him, the audience should be made to identify with the actors through pity and fear, and, witnessing the catastrophic outcome, be freed from unnatural desires and emotions. He opposed simple, unrealistic black-and-white characters and introduced more ambivalent personalities in his plays. Most of them were set in a middle-class environment and advocate the ideals of the burghers, thus following Lessing's idea of the Bürgerliches Trauerspiel. His most famous plays are Miss Sara Sampson (1755), Minna von Barnhelm (1763), Emilia Galotti (1772) and Nathan der Weise (1779), the last being the most prominent one due to its controversial plea for tolerance and religous freedom. Lessing was also important as a merciless and aggressive literary critic, the first who in a brillant way honestly expressed his opinion of contemporary literature.

Actions

A. What a great writer

• Infrastructure tech investment: +50

Hanover — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Hanover is a vassal of Bremen

Triggered by

Action A of 133002 - The Brunswick-Lüneburg archbishops for Bremen

Description

In 1511 Christoph of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a brother of the Duke, was elected Archbishop of Bremen. Thereby, Bremen came under the influence of the Welfs.

Actions

A. OK

• +50 relations with Bremen
• Gain Bremen as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Bremen

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 48012 - No Protestant Heir for England

Description

The English beg us to turn protestant and take the English throne. Should our monarch accept this offer he must move to England and rule Hanover from there

Actions

A. The English crown is worth no more masses

• Event 3612 - The Hanover Dynasty in England for Hanover is triggered immediately
• Event 48030 - The Hanover Dynasty in England for England is triggered immediately

B. Let my cousins of Brunswick rule Hanover

• Monarch Georg I Ludwig will never rule
• Monarch Georg II will never rule
• Monarch George III will never rule
• Monarch Ferdinand Albrecht ° becomes active
• Monarch Ludwig Rudolf ° becomes active
• Monarch Ferdinand Albrecht ° becomes active
• Monarch Karl I ° becomes active
• Monarch Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand ° becomes active
• Monarch Friedrich Wilhelm ° becomes active
• Monarch Regency (Karl II) ° becomes active
• Leader Ferdinand becomes active
• Leader Der Schwarze Herzog becomes active
• +1 base tax value in Hannover
• Event 3612 - The Hanover Dynasty in England for Hanover is triggered immediately
• Event 48032 - George Will Be Our New King for England is triggered immediately

C. Refuse to accept these conditions

• Event 48031 - The Return of the Stuarts for England is triggered immediately

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 5010 - Leibniz in Paris for France

Description

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher mathematician and political adviser important both as a metaphysician and as a logician and distinguished also for his independent invention of the differential and integral calculus. Born in Leipzig in 1646 he eventually ended up in the service of John Frederick the duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

Actions

A. OK

• Infrastructure tech investment: +100

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 21098 - My Dear Friends at Home for England

Description

In the personal Union of Hanover and England, it was agreed to keep separate budgets for both countries and the King was not allowed to shift Hanoveranian expenses to the English tax and vice versa. Yet King Georg I and King Georg II felt strong ties to Hanover and tried secretly to transfer some funds to the German administration and to pension of Hanoveranian officials with English money. As the Taxes collected in England were watched closely by the parliament, the King relied on the Irish Tax, which was not watched very closely.

Actions

A. God bless King Georg

• +75

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 21099 - My Dear Friends at Home for England

Description

In the personal Union of Hanover and England, it was agreed to keep separate budgets for both countries and the King was not allowed to shift Hanoveranian expenses to the English tax and vice versa. Yet King Georg I and King Georg II felt strong ties to Hanover and tried secretly to transfer some funds to the German administration and to pension of Hanoveranian officials with English money. As the Taxes collected in England were watched closely by the parliament, the King relied on the Irish Tax, which was not watched very closely.

Actions

A. God bless King Georg

• +75

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 21100 - My Dear Friends at Home for England

Description

In the personal Union of Hanover and England, it was agreed to keep separate budgets for both countries and the King was not allowed to shift Hanoveranian expenses to the English tax and vice versa. Yet King Georg I and King Georg II felt strong ties to Hanover and tried secretly to transfer some funds to the German administration and to pension of Hanoveranian officials with English money. As the Taxes collected in England were watched closely by the parliament, the King relied on the Irish Tax, which was not watched very closely.

Actions

A. God bless King Georg

• +75

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 21101 - My Dear Friends at Home for England

Description

In the personal Union of Hanover and England, it was agreed to keep separate budgets for both countries and the King was not allowed to shift Hanoveranian expenses to the English tax and vice versa. Yet King Georg I and King Georg II felt strong ties to Hanover and tried secretly to transfer some funds to the German administration and to pension of Hanoveranian officials with English money. As the Taxes collected in England were watched closely by the parliament, the King relied on the Irish Tax, which was not watched very closely.

Actions

A. God bless King Georg

• +75

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 21102 - My Dear Friends at Home for England

Description

In the personal Union of Hanover and England, it was agreed to keep separate budgets for both countries and the King was not allowed to shift Hanoveranian expenses to the English tax and vice versa. Yet King Georg I and King Georg II felt strong ties to Hanover and tried secretly to transfer some funds to the German administration and to pension of Hanoveranian officials with English money. As the Taxes collected in England were watched closely by the parliament, the King relied on the Irish Tax, which was not watched very closely.

Actions

A. God bless King Georg

• +75

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A, B of 48033 - Claim the English Throne for Hanover
Action A, B of 48011 - Claim the English Throne for Hanover

Description

The 1701 Act of Establishment had been voted to regulate the succession to the throne, ensuring no Catholic dynasty would ever rule England. When the personal union with Holland had ended in 1702 (death of William of Orange), his daughter Queen Ann (1702-1714) reigned but failed to provide a legitimate heir. The English crown went to George I of Hanover (1714-1727), her most direct parent. He and his son George II (1727-1760) were German born and would always follow closely the fate of their Electorate, making it in fact if not in law a vassal of England.

Actions

A. I will be King of England

• +100 relations with England

Hanover — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3127 - Chambers of Reunion for France

Description

The reunion policy of Louis XIV had been forced upon by the Empire in the 1684 by the Truce of Regensburg, mostly because the Emperor was preoccupied by the Turkish menace (siege of Vienna in 1683). The continued French claims and expansion to the detriment of the Habsburg possessions and the German states of the Empire led to the creation of the anti-French League of Augsburg (1686).

Actions

A. Defy French claims

• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Baden
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Hesse
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Palatinate

B. Ignore it

• +50 relations with France
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -50 relations with Baden
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• Event 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover will never fire