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Spain and England disagreed over British rights to the Spanish market in the West Indies, during a 1731 coastal patrol of an English vessel, the Spaniards cut off the ear of an English captain named Robert Jerkins. The War of Jerkin's Ear began in 1739, when Robert Walpole responded to pressure to stop Spanish intervention in trade.

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Spain and England disagreed over British rights to the Spanish market in the West Indies, during a 1731 coastal patrol of an English vessel, the Spaniards cut off the ear of an English captain named Robert Jerkins. The War of Jerkin's Ear began in 1739, when Robert Walpole responded to pressure to stop Spanish intervention in trade.

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