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flairTitle: A War For An Ear, As The Saying Goes
Characters: England, Spain
Rating: PG
Based on the most useless, idiotic war in the entire world - aka, the War of Jenkins' Ear. Originally started over a claim made by the English parliament that one Robert Jenkins had had his ear cut off by a Spanish officer named Fandino. Around this time, the English had signed the Treaty of Utrecht to end the War of Spanish Succession which allowed them to import slaves to Spanish colonies, whereas the Spanish Empire disallowed slavery. Smugglers were abound, naturally. Robert Jenkins, captain, was one of them. Apparently he went to the Parliament in 1731 and told his story, and was called for a hearing by supposedly never went back, though vague court records mention something of it. This single oddity of a case was used to fuel an entire WAR against the Spanish. Supposedly when he was called back in 1738, Jenkins paraded his ear around like a badge, wrapped in cotton. It's highly unlikely he would've kept the ear for seven years, so there you have it: The stupidest, more pointless war in history.
( The sun is brilliant and blinding the day England steps off of his ship and onto the docks of Barcelona. )
Characters: England, Spain
Rating: PG
Based on the most useless, idiotic war in the entire world - aka, the War of Jenkins' Ear. Originally started over a claim made by the English parliament that one Robert Jenkins had had his ear cut off by a Spanish officer named Fandino. Around this time, the English had signed the Treaty of Utrecht to end the War of Spanish Succession which allowed them to import slaves to Spanish colonies, whereas the Spanish Empire disallowed slavery. Smugglers were abound, naturally. Robert Jenkins, captain, was one of them. Apparently he went to the Parliament in 1731 and told his story, and was called for a hearing by supposedly never went back, though vague court records mention something of it. This single oddity of a case was used to fuel an entire WAR against the Spanish. Supposedly when he was called back in 1738, Jenkins paraded his ear around like a badge, wrapped in cotton. It's highly unlikely he would've kept the ear for seven years, so there you have it: The stupidest, more pointless war in history.
( The sun is brilliant and blinding the day England steps off of his ship and onto the docks of Barcelona. )