With which country did England wage the War of Jenkin's Ear?

sequoianoir

The War of Jenkin's Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1742. [Mar 30 04 12:26 PM] sequoianoir writes: Under the 1729 Treaty of Seville, the British had agreed not to trade with the Spanish colonies. To verify the treaty, the Spanish were permitted to board British vessels in Spanish waters. 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 British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declared war on October 23, 1739. Mar 30 04, 12:10 PM