The War of Jenkins' Ear occurred during the reign of which English King?
War of Jenkins' Ear Friedrich II" (1858), most notably in Book XI, chapter VI, where he refers specifically to "the War of Jenkins's Ear". Following Jenkins' testimony and petitions from other West Indies merchants, the opposition in Parliament voted on 28 March 1738 to send "an Address" to the King, asking his Majesty to seek redress from Spain. More than one year later, all diplomatic means having been exhausted, on 10 July 1739 King George II authorised the Admiralty Board to seek maritime reprisals against Spain. On 20 July, Vice Admiral Edward Vernon and a fleet of warships departed Britain, bound for the West
War of Jenkins' Ear incident that gave its name to the war had occurred in 1731, off the coast of Florida, when the British brig "Rebecca" was boarded by the Spanish patrol boat "La Isabela", commanded by the "guarda costa" (effectively privateer) Juan de León Fandiño. After boarding, Fandiño cut off the left ear of the "Rebecca"'s captain, Robert Jenkins, whom he accused of smuggling (although Franklin’s "Pennsylvania Gazette" for 7 October 1731, says it was Lieutenant Dorce). Fandiño told Jenkins, "Go, and tell your King that I will do the same, if he dares to do the same." In March 1738, Jenkins was