The Austrian Netherlands - A History of the French Revolution

The austrian netherlands aa belgium were given to the Austrians after the war of spanish succession in 17 15. The hapsburgs would show up at every european treaty negotiation or interstate summit, dying to trade them away for bavaria. But when leopold the second succeeded his brother in september 17 inty, one of the first things he did was roll an army into the united belgian states and turn them back into the austrianNetherlands. So shortly after the french revolution broke out, these locals rose up in revolt,. kicked out the austrian garrison in october 17 89 and declared themselves the united bel Belgian states