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War between Spain and England did not cause war in FL
Source: The Governorship of Spanish Florida #122
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When war finally broke out officially between Spain and England in 1762, the Georgia-Florida frontier was strangely quiet. For the most part the two colonies did not have to face the fury of a border war. Except for occasional Indian raids, there was little warlike activity on either side of the border. Though the English had won over many Lower Creek tribes, they did not use the natives against the Spaniards as they had in the past. Perhaps the Georgians and Carolinians feared Spanish reprisals; perhaps the failure of two British attempts to take Saint Augustine—in 1702 and again in 1740—discouraged a third effort demanding costly expenditures of men and money; perhaps British strategists preferred to maintain the status quo militarily in the South while they concentrated their efforts on Canada. In any event, the border was quiet; neither Spanish nor English Indians broke the tense peace that lay over the frontier. [Note 92: Unlike previous wars of the 18th century, the border did not erupt. Indian raids were infrequent and neither the governor in Frederica nor the governor in Saint Augustine was active militarily. There is a certain irony to the fact that the treaty that ended the bloodless war awarded Florida to the English.] (Tepaske GSF)
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