. The history of Connecticut, from the first settlement of the colony to the adoption of the present constitution. iSiS- r A-% MAoTT,, G]E-Tf. HDJ^VHj) WDOSTIEB .. -t^i .= rr n£ Cpiuiecticat [1740.] PREPARATIONS AGAINST SPAIN. / ^1 and Cuba, were to be the principal objects aimed at by thegovernment, and requisitions were made upon the coloniesto furnish troops for this exciting theatre of naval opera-tions. The design was to raise four provincial regiments tobe transported to Jamaica, where they were to be unitedwith the main body of the British forces. The colonieswere to provide all
. The history of Connecticut, from the first settlement of the colony to the adoption of the present constitution. iSiS- r A-% MAoTT,, G]E-Tf. HDJ^VHj) WDOSTIEB .. -t^i .= rr n£ Cpiuiecticat [1740.] PREPARATIONS AGAINST SPAIN. / ^1 and Cuba, were to be the principal objects aimed at by thegovernment, and requisitions were made upon the coloniesto furnish troops for this exciting theatre of naval opera-tions. The design was to raise four provincial regiments tobe transported to Jamaica, where they were to be unitedwith the main body of the British forces. The colonieswere to provide all necessaries for the men thus raised bythem, until they should reach this rendezvous. They werefurther expected to pay all the expenses of the transporta-tion. As the House of Brunswick owed its accession to thethrone, and its perpetuity, to the fact that it was understood,to be the champion of protestantism, it is quite probable thatthe zeal manifested by England as well as by Connecticut inthis war, was in part owing to the fact that Spain was acatholic power. In July, 1740, a special assembly was called, and measureswere very readily taken to answer to h
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