Barrier Treaties

Barrier Treaties, three treaties negotiated between 1709 and 1715 granting the United Provinces of the Netherlands (the Dutch republic) the right to garrison and govern certain towns along the southern boundary of the Spanish (subsequently the Austrian) Netherlands as protection against attack by France. By the First Barrier Treaty (Oct. 29, 1709) Great Britain agreed to support the restoration to the United Provinces of the fortresses that it had been granted by the Treaty of...