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Neither the Spanish or British Prime Ministers want hostilities, but by October Walpole is forced to declare what will be called the War of Jenkins Ear. Jenkins is a merchant captain, and his ear, which is cut off by a Spanish officer, is a symbol of the many minor quarrels that precipitate the war. British invasion forces fail in attempts to take Puerto Rico in Panama and Santiago de Cuba. England takes Portobello. |
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| North America:The Convention of the Pardo is a meeting between British and Spanish diplomats who are attempting to arbitrate various commercial disagreements. On the table are the deliniation of a border between Florida and Georgia and the right of search of commercial ships and privateers. Pierre and Paul Mallet, French explorers, reach the Rocky Mountains after ascending the Arkansas River. A South Carolina slave rebellion called the Cato Conspiracy is quickly quelled but takes the lives of 44 blacks and 30 whites. Glassmaking factory started by German emigrants in New Jersey. |
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| Europe: English trading interests compel England's Walpole to declare war on Spain. The War of Jenkins Ear is forced on the British government by public opinion. Painting by Francois Boucher; opera by Jean Philippe Rameau. A potato crop failure in Ireland is not devastating, but portends the crises one hundred years later when potatoes are the major crop. | ||||||||||||
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