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		The War of Jenkins' Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1742.
		After one such incident in 1731, Robert Jenkins, captain of the ship Rebecca, claimed that the Spanish coast guard had severed his ear, and in 1738 exhibited it to the House of Commons - hence the name of the conflict.
		The war was also marked by British invasions of Florida and of the Spanish Main (the mainland of Spanish South America).
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/war_of_jenkins__ear.html (334 words)

	Jenkins's Ear, War of - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		JENKINS'S EAR, WAR OF [Jenkins's Ear, War of] 1739-41, struggle between England and Spain.
		The incident that gave the name to the war occurred in 1731 when, according to Robert Jenkins, master of the ship Rebecca, he had his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards.
		English smuggling and resentment at exclusion from the Spanish colonial trade caused the war, but Jenkins's story in the House of Commons (1738), reinforced by the showing of his carefully preserved ear, had a tremendous propaganda effect and forced the reluctant Sir Robert Walpole to declare war.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Jenkinss.asp (304 words)

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