The failure of the Convention of Pardo led to this conflict, and during it, George Anson led a fleet of eight ships which circumnavigated the globe and attacked enemy shipping along the way.
The failure of the Convention of Pardo led to this conflict, and during it, George Anson led a fleet of eight ships which circumnavigated the globe and attacked enemy shipping along the way. One battle in this conflict saw four thousand soldiers and six ships under the command of Blas de Lezo defeat an invasion force of almost two hundred ships commanded by Admiral Vernon, the disastrous Battle of Cartagena de Indias. The early stages of this war are highlighted by the capture of the Panamanian city of Porto Bello, and at the Battle of Bloody Marsh during it, James Oglethorpe defended Georgia from an attack which originated in Florida. This conflict was fought over the Asiento, a contract dealing with the control of the slave trade, and it led to the fall of Robert Walpole's government. For 10 points, name this early phase of the War of the Austrian Succession, a conflict between England and Spain named after a certain British captain's severed appendage.
The failure of the Convention of Pardo led to this conflict, and during it, George Anson led a fleet of eight ships which circumnavigated the globe and attacked enemy shipping along the way.
War of {Jenkins}' {Ear} [prompt on “{War} of the {Austrian Succession}” until read]