Portugal also saw itself dragged in on France’s side. In addition to the war in eastern Europe, Britain had found itself at war with France due to a French invasion of Iroquois, a British protectorate. Fortunately, this movement of soldiers out of Scotland could be carried out in a context of diminished likelihood of a British invasion. These incidents raised doubts over Alexander IV’s competency to run a global trading empire. Shortly afterwards, in September, the same occurred in Scotland’s Sierra Leone colony natives emerged from the jungle and butchered the colonists. Not instinctively a military man, Alexander IV’s response was of fury – he ordered 3,000 Scottish soldiers be transported immediately to Greenland to pacify the natives. However, to his horror, in July 1748 natives overran the colony in Greenland, forcing the survivors to regroup along the coast. He continued support for the Greenland colony, whilst authorising another colony along the west African coast. In his first year as King, Alexander IV sought to continue his father’s legacy.
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