Gibraltar is a British territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula that has been a source of contention between Spain and Britain for centuries. The document provides background information on Gibraltar's population, area, and status as one of 14 British Overseas Territories. It then chronicles the long history of disputes over sovereignty from the War of Spanish Succession in the early 1700s to the border closure by Spain in 1969-1982. The potential consequences of Brexit on Gibraltar's status are also discussed.
Gibraltar is a British territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula that has been a source of contention between Spain and Britain for centuries. The document provides background information on Gibraltar's population, area, and status as one of 14 British Overseas Territories. It then chronicles the long history of disputes over sovereignty from the War of Spanish Succession in the early 1700s to the border closure by Spain in 1969-1982. The potential consequences of Brexit on Gibraltar's status are also discussed.
Gibraltar is a British territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula that has been a source of contention between Spain and Britain for centuries. The document provides background information on Gibraltar's population, area, and status as one of 14 British Overseas Territories. It then chronicles the long history of disputes over sovereignty from the War of Spanish Succession in the early 1700s to the border closure by Spain in 1969-1982. The potential consequences of Brexit on Gibraltar's status are also discussed.
Gibraltar is a British territory located on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula that has been a source of contention between Spain and Britain for centuries. The document provides background information on Gibraltar's population, area, and status as one of 14 British Overseas Territories. It then chronicles the long history of disputes over sovereignty from the War of Spanish Succession in the early 1700s to the border closure by Spain in 1969-1982. The potential consequences of Brexit on Gibraltar's status are also discussed.
SITUATION DIVERSITY 33,700 PEOPLE British Spanish One of 14 Overseas British Genoese
Territories (OBT) Italian
Portuguese External relations and security are Maltese managed by Britain Other 0 10 20 30
THE ROCK OF AREA LANGUAGES GIBRALTAR 6.7 KM2 5 KM long 1.2 KM wide
BRITAIN VS. SPAIN:
CHRONOLOGY
1700 Death of Charles II, the last Habsburg king of Spain 1713 Treaty of Utrecht: Philip V cedes Gibraltar, Minorca, Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to Britain 1701 Beginning of the War of Spanish Sucession 1713-14 End of the War of Spanish Sucession 1704 Anglo-Dutch forces seize Gibraltar and Minorca 1727 Second Siege of Gibraltar by Spain 1704 First Siege of Gibraltar by Spain 1779-83 Great Siege of Gibraltar by Spain and France 1711 Karl VI becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire: Great Alliance collapsed 1969-82 Gibraltar - Spain border closure 2002 Gibraltar sovereignity referendum
GIBRALTAR AND BREXIT REFERENCES
Carbajosa, A. (2015). Why Gibraltar's Llanito dialect is rapidly dying out? El
Brexit referendum: 99% of Gibraltarians decided to remain EU País. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2ol2uPo Possible consequences: Nayler, M. (2017). Why is Gibraltar British, not Spanish? Culture Trip. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2xt8QyS
Ortega, M. (2013). Gibraltar y el Tratado de Utrecht. Real Instituto Elcano.
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Rodríguez, V. (n.d.). Gibraltar. Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/place/Gibraltar Starkey, M. (2011). War of the Spanish Sucession (1701-1714). The Encyclopedia of War.
