The War of Jenkin’s Ear
Moving Through Georgia
English - June 11, 2023 09:53 - 10 minutes - 16.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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James Oglethorpe was often criticized for concentrating too much on defending Savannah from the British and not dealing with the day-to-day problems of the colonists- but he turned out to be right. This week a British captain has his ear cut off, and war is declared!
Well, there's more to it than that...