Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748)

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The Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, rooted in colonial and maritime rivalry in the Caribbean and the Americas and later subsumed into the wider War of the Austrian Succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
linked to: War of Jenkins' Ear
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
cause British smuggling in Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish search and seizure of British merchant ships ⓘ
colonial rivalry between Britain and Spain ⓘ
disputes over trade in the Caribbean ⓘ
maritime rivalry between Britain and Spain ⓘ
commander Blas de Lezo ⓘ
Edward Vernon ⓘ
Sebastián de Eslava ⓘ
Thomas Wentworth ⓘ
conflictScope primarily naval and colonial operations ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
naval war ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
endDate 1748 ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) ⓘ
impact demonstrated resilience of Spanish colonial defenses ⓘ
heavy British losses at Cartagena de Indias ⓘ
strengthened British naval presence in the Caribbean ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Cartagena de Indias ⓘ
Battle of Havana (1748) ⓘ
Battle of Jenkins’ Ear (incident) ⓘ
Battle of Porto Bello (1739) ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Louis (1747) ⓘ
notableCampaign British expedition against Cartagena de Indias ⓘ
British expedition to Porto Bello ⓘ
partOf War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
precededBy Treaty of Seville (1729) ⓘ
relatedTo British South Sea Company ⓘ
Spanish guarda costas ⓘ
War of Jenkins’ Ear incident involving Robert Jenkins ⓘ
asiento de negros ⓘ
linked to: Asiento de Negros
result confirmation of British asiento and trade rights with Spanish America (nominally) ⓘ
limited territorial changes in the Americas ⓘ
status quo ante bellum in Europe ⓘ
startDate 1739 ⓘ
theatre Caribbean theatre of War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
North American theatre of War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Porto Bello (1739) → partOf → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident) → relatedTo → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Siege of St. Augustine (1740) → partOf → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Battle of Cartagena de Indias → partOf → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Battle of Havana (1748) → partOf → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Battle of La Guaira → partOf → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Battle of La Guaira → conflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Battle of Puerto Cabello → conflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Battle of Bloody Marsh → relatedConflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Don Francisco Javier de la Vega → conflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Edward Vernon → conflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
subject linked to: Edward Vernon – Great Britain
Siege of Fort San Luis de Bocachica → conflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Great Britain (with its allies in the War of the Austrian Succession) → precededBy → Anglo-Spanish War (Jenkins’ Ear phase overlapping) ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748)
Slave Insurrection of 1741 → hasContext → Anglo-Spanish conflict ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748)