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3 unusual facts about George Augustus Frederic II


George Augustus Frederic II

The will granted considerable power to the Superintendent, Alexander MacDonald to appoint councilors, and gave the council full power to institute and change laws, aside from the law establishing the Church of England as the official church.

Perhaps the most notable of these initiatives was the expansion of the kingdom's center to the south, first to Bluefields and then to San Juan del Norte, where he cooperated, with the support of British naval forces, with the expulsion of the Nicaraguan garrison and the annexation of the town to the Miskito Kingdom in 1848.

The southern expansion met strong resistance from the Republics of Nicaragua and Honduras, as well as the United States, who wished to limit British influence in Central America.



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