The cause of the Hundred Year’s war was due to how an English King, Edward III tried to claim the French throne. Edward III was the rightful heir to the throne due to lineage.The people of France refused to have an English King on their throne, leading to the nobles naming Philip VI of house Valios as the new king of France. By placing Philip VI on to the throne, Edward III became angered and the war began as a fight of legitimacy. During the war, both the French and the English had their own personal advantages. The English had a superior army, as well as more advanced weapons, like the newly invented Longbow. On the other hand, the French had the advantage of a population three times the size of England’s, they fought on their own land, and
