Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident)
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The Battle of Jenkins' Ear was a notorious 1731 naval incident between Britain and Spain, in which Spanish coast guards allegedly mutilated British captain Robert Jenkins, later used as a pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident) canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident) Context triple: [War of Jenkins' Ear, hasPart, Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident)]
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War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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Raid on the Medway
The Raid on the Medway was a daring 1667 Dutch naval attack that devastated the English fleet in its home waters and marked one of England’s most humiliating maritime defeats.
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Battle of Nassau
The Battle of Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War amphibious assault in the Bahamas, notable as one of the first major naval operations of the fledgling United States.
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Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was an early American Revolutionary War engagement near Boston in May 1775, notable for a colonial victory that destroyed the British schooner Diana and helped secure vital livestock and supplies for the Continental forces.
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E.
Siege of Port Royal (1710)
The Siege of Port Royal (1710) was a pivotal British victory in North America during Queen Anne’s War that captured the French stronghold of Port Royal in Acadia, leading to British control of what became Nova Scotia.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident) Target entity description: The Battle of Jenkins' Ear was a notorious 1731 naval incident between Britain and Spain, in which Spanish coast guards allegedly mutilated British captain Robert Jenkins, later used as a pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear.
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A.
War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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B.
Raid on the Medway
The Raid on the Medway was a daring 1667 Dutch naval attack that devastated the English fleet in its home waters and marked one of England’s most humiliating maritime defeats.
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C.
Battle of Nassau
The Battle of Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War amphibious assault in the Bahamas, notable as one of the first major naval operations of the fledgling United States.
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D.
Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was an early American Revolutionary War engagement near Boston in May 1775, notable for a colonial victory that destroyed the British schooner Diana and helped secure vital livestock and supplies for the Continental forces.
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E.
Siege of Port Royal (1710)
The Siege of Port Royal (1710) was a pivotal British victory in North America during Queen Anne’s War that captured the French stronghold of Port Royal in Acadia, leading to British control of what became Nova Scotia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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naval incident ⓘ |
| allegedPerpetrator |
Spanish coast guards
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Spanish guarda costa commander Julio León Fandiño ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Jenkins ear incident ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes |
War of Jenkins' Ear
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wider War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
British merchant shipping
ⓘ
Guardia Civil ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish coast guard
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| context |
competition for trade in the Caribbean
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enforcement of Spanish monopoly over colonial trade ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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Kingdom of Spain ⓘ |
| date | 1731 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Spanish efforts to suppress British smuggling in the Caribbean
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enforcement of the Spanish guarda costa system ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations
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propaganda use in Britain ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | served as a rallying story for British hawks advocating war with Spain ⓘ |
| hasPartOfName | Battle of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ |
| historicalAuthenticity | details of the mutilation are disputed by some historians ⓘ |
| influenced |
British parliamentary debates on war with Spain
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British public opinion against Spain ⓘ |
| legalContext |
Treaty of Utrecht
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surface form:
Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
asiento contract granted to Britain ⓘ |
| location |
Caribbean Sea
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near Havana trade routes ⓘ off the coast of Spanish Florida ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Robert Jenkins ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | widely reported in British pamphlets and newspapers ⓘ |
| notableAction |
alleged mutilation of Robert Jenkins by cutting off his ear
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boarding of a British merchant ship by Spanish coast guards ⓘ |
| notableAftermath | Robert Jenkins reportedly displayed his severed ear before the British Parliament ⓘ |
| partOf | Anglo-Spanish maritime disputes ⓘ |
| pointInTime | April 1731 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748)
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Asiento de Negros ⓘ British smuggling in the Spanish Empire ⓘ War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ |
| result | heightened anti-Spanish sentiment in Britain ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy | severed ear of Robert Jenkins ⓘ |
| timeGapBeforeWar | about eight years before the War of Jenkins' Ear began in 1739 ⓘ |
| typeOfViolence |
maritime violence
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mutilation ⓘ |
| usedAsPretextFor | War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ |
| victim | Robert Jenkins ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident) Description of subject: The Battle of Jenkins' Ear was a notorious 1731 naval incident between Britain and Spain, in which Spanish coast guards allegedly mutilated British captain Robert Jenkins, later used as a pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear.
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