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| South America & Caribbean:The island of St. Kitts becomes British. One British ship per year is allowed to trade at the Spanish port of Portobello in Panama. Britain enters its most active era of slave trading as the South Sea Company gains asientos to bring up to 4,800 Africans to Spanish ports in the New World. The Treaty of Utrecht includes an Asiento or agreement between Spain and Great Britain. British merchants acquire the right to trade with certain Spanish settlements. British factories were built in Panama, Vera Cruz, Buenos Aires and Cartegena. The British South Sea Company was allowed to send one large trading ship annually to the Spanish colonies. This agreement became a constant source of problems between these two colonial powers. Widespread illicit trade and smuggling existed. The official text is in French and Latin. It is signed on July 13 and is ratified by Queen Anne in Kensington on July 31. Spanish colonial administrators use gunboats called guarda-costas to search for smuggling activities around its American coasts. |
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| North America: A French trading post is established at Natchez. The War of Spanish Succession was called Queen Anne's War in North America. France forfeits Acadia, Newfoundland and its Hudson Bay outposts but gains Cape Breton Island. Acadia becomes Nova Scotia.The first ship dubbed a schooner is built in Massachusetts. Privateers operating out of New England capture Spanish loot. A coffee bush that France's King Louis XIV receives from Amsterdam is stolen and will end up in Martinique, starting a new industry there. | |||||||||||
| Europe: The War of Spanish Succession finally ends April 11 at the Treaty of Utrecht. Louis XIV promises not to aloow Spain and France under one king. He recognizes the protestant monarchy in Great Britain. Britain gets Minorca and Gibralter. Spain loses Sardinia, Sicily and Naples. The first simple method of immunization for small pox is described by a Greek physician. Handel | |||||||||||
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March 13 The frigate Baron de la Fosse arrives at Mobile. On board is Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, whom Antoine Crozat has appointed governor-general, M. Duclos, intendant, M. Le Bas, comptroller of the finances, 25 young women from Brittany, and other passengers, including the governor's family. The vessel also brings arms and provisions which which had been scarce while the king had been distracted by war in Europe. |
April 1713
April 11 The Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession as Louis XIV agrees not to unite France and Spain under one king and cedes Newfoundland and Acadia to the British. |
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| François Coulon Jumonville de Villiers (1713-1794) An early planter and military officer. He is listed as an officer as early as 1733, has a house on Rampart Street and a plantation in the Attakapas Indian country. He will be blessed with three marriages and a number of children. In 1754 he defeats a young George Washington in a frontier battle. He dies on May 23 1794 and is buried from the St. Louis Cathedral. | Bayougoula Village near Vacherie is settled by Canadians and French. French records referred to area as Tabiscana. Later residents are Germans, Acadians and Spaniards. Early cattle raising center. | The French establish a trading post at Natchez. |
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