Two Years' War (Hamilton Dies)

The Two Years' War was an armed conflict between the nations of Great Britain, Hesse, Saarland, Hanover, Austria, Bavaria, Prussia, and Wurttemburg against France, Spain, the American Confederacy, Switzerland, Venice, and Florence.

Causes
In 1803, France determined that the Rhine river should be the border between France and the German States, as it would seem natural that the river would separate the two. The German States in the path of the new French claim obviously declared that this could not happen and war began. Other German States, as well as Austria and Great Britain wanted to prevent further French expansion and declared war. Spain declared war on Great Britain, seeing that Spain could gain territory in the Americas if all was successful, and the American Confederacy joined due their alliance obligations with France. Other states joined because of alliance obligations or because of a French promise of more land.

Result
France was able to gain a victory in Europe, gaining territory, establishing the Rhine as the new border of France. In the Americas, Spain was able to gain some land however mostly the borders stayed the same.

