HIST 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Spanish West Indies, French Leave, Royal Proclamation Of 1763
Document Summary
Growth and consumer revolution: era of prosperity; disposable income, more kids; access to goods and services previously thought unimaginable, loosening up (to emotional displays, for example) War of jenkins" ear, 1739-42: conflict over trade in the spanish west indies (caribbean, traders overstepped bounds; smuggling, captain robert jenkins"s ear was cut off by spanish. Kept ear for seven years; took it to parliament, who were enraged: american expedition to cartagena in 1741. King george"s war / the war of the austrian succession, 1740-1748: britain and austria against france and spain, 4000 new englanders assault french fort of louisbourg on northern tip of nova. Captured the canons and ships of the french and turned them against the. Treaty returned louisbourg to french: fragile peace. French, english, indians, and settlers all want it. French and indian war / seven years" war (1754-1763 in america: dispute with french over ohio river valley, virginia expedition under george washington, 1754.
