“Calamities of a bloody war … approach us … Unless we humble ourselves before the Lord … we may be chastized with yet heavier judgments”-Ben Franklin, General Fast, Pennsylvania Gazette, 1747
In 1731, a Spanish commander cut off the ear of British Captain Robert Jenkins and told him to take it to his King. This began the War of Jenkins’ Ear. British Admiral Edward Vernon recruited 400 American colonists,...
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