b. Philip desired to stop English ships from continuing their attacks on Spanish ships.
1: the act of declaring.
2. the first pleading in a common law action
About two-thirds of French Guiana's people are of "African" decent, due mostly to the fact that their African ancestors were brought to the country by the French as slaves.
It was a trigger that showed that there were two competing powers in Europe: Russia and Austria-Hungary (and their allies).
Franz Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian separatist and the Austrians wanted him to be punished. On the other hand, Russia supported Serbia is saying that Austrian demands ( to be allowed to search for the culprit inside Serbia) were too much.
This lead to a direct conflict between the two powers (Austria and Russia) and further lead to the war.