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Links of Interest:
Peter Jefferson had arrived in 1735, father of Thomas Jefferson (3rd US President) born in 1743, near Charlottesville, Virginia in Albemarle County on Rivanna River just down the road from William I Vardeman. "A black insurrection takes place in South Carolina on 9 September 1739 when a group of blacks sets out on a journey to
St. Augustine, Florida, and liberation. They kill any whites in their path. Reportedly, the blacks were encouraged to rebel by Spanish missionaries.
The violence results in 44 black deaths and 30 white deaths. This is the most serious of the three black uprisings that occur in South Carolina
during 1739. The second uprising takes place in Stone Creek, South Carolina, and the third occurs in St. John's Parish in Berkeley County."
Great Awakeningin the Colonies by English, fire and brimstone Evangelist, George Whitefield, from 1739-1744 Great Awakening: A Secondary School GuideRecommended by a history teacher who emailed to say how useful she found the treespot website and this link! John Harrison, 46 year old English carpenter, completes H2, an 86 pound timekeeper for determining longitude at sea
eventually making it possible for England to control the shipping trade. England declares war on Spain and the War of Jenkins' Ear is waged until 1742. This declaration of war is provoked by a series
of incidents in the Americas - particularly the mistreatment of English merchant seaman Robert Jenkins; border disagreements in Florida;
other Spanish naval hostilities; and the English logging activities in the Honduras. There is wide-spread outrage when Robert Jenkins reports to the
House of Commons that the Spanish have lopped off his ear as a punishment for suspected smuggling activities. After the declaration of war, Georgia
Governor James Oglethorpe encourages Georgia and South Carolina colonists to join the war against the Florida Spaniards."
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