Western Design

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Western Design was an ambitious but ultimately mixed-result English naval and military expedition led by Oliver Cromwell to attack Spanish possessions in the Caribbean during the mid-17th century.

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instanceOf English overseas campaign ⓘ
military expedition ⓘ
naval expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cromwell’s Western Design ⓘ
Western Design expedition ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of England ⓘ
belligerent England ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
commander Robert Venables ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
linked to: Sir William Penn
country England ⓘ
describedBySource English state papers of the Protectorate period ⓘ
Spanish colonial records ⓘ
endTime 1655 ⓘ
government Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
hasCause English desire to challenge Spanish monopoly in the New World ⓘ
Protestant anti-Spanish sentiment in mid-17th-century England ⓘ
hasConsequence deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations in the 1650s ⓘ
long-term English presence in Jamaica ⓘ
influenced establishment of Jamaica as an English colony ⓘ
subsequent English expansion in the Caribbean ⓘ
leader Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
location Caribbean ⓘ
Hispaniola ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
militaryBranch English Army ⓘ
English Navy ⓘ
linked to: English navy
notableFor being Cromwell’s principal offensive venture in the New World ⓘ
leading to permanent English control of Jamaica ⓘ
objective attack Spanish possessions in the Caribbean ⓘ
expand English influence in the Caribbean ⓘ
weaken Spanish power in the Americas ⓘ
opponent Spanish Empire ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Spanish conflict in the 1650s ⓘ
Protectorate foreign policy of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
patron Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
religiousContext Protestant–Catholic rivalry ⓘ
result English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
failure to capture Hispaniola ⓘ
mixed outcome ⓘ
significantEvent English landing in Jamaica ⓘ
failed English attack on Santo Domingo ⓘ
startTime 1654 ⓘ
strategicTheater Caribbean Sea ⓘ
timePeriod mid-17th century ⓘ

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