Was a 30 year contract. There was some specific numbers on that. So the bottom line was there was tension between 10 and spain, and there was one incident in particular that later gave this conflict its name. And you will think, that is an odd day. The war of jenkins ear, where did that come from . The rebecca was one of the ships that had been seized by the spanish, a british merchant ship, and the captive of the captain of that ship was robert jenkins, and in the process of being or day, his ear was cut off. Jenkins took it upon himself to carry the ear around, he would put in a jar, may be taken to a bar to get free drink, i dont know. But to jenkins, that ear was symbolic. He had a cut off in 1741, and you can see in the cartoon here he is talking to the Prime Minister, and he is taking off his wig to show his ear. The primary string is dismissing him. He would rather talk to a lady there than to deal with this issue. The Prime Minister is dismissing him. He would rather talk to a
So you will be able to get the spellings off there. We are going to start off the recht, which ended s war, and it ushered in a you of relative peace in europe and in the colonies. But war interrupted in late 70 39, and this was when britain 1739. Ed war on spain this was when britain declared war on spain. This is a listing that was saying, look, the spanish are seizing our ships on the high seas, this is an insult, there is an increasing clamor in britain, and we need to do something about it. The, the tension between british and the spanish is contract thate was a 30 year contract. Specific numbers on that. So the bottom line was there was tension between 10 and spain, and there was one incident in particular that later gave this conflict its name. An you will think, that is odd day. The war of jenkins ear, where did that come from . Shipsbecca was one of the that had been seized by the shipsh, a british merchant , and the captive of the captain of that ship was robert jenkins, and