MIRANDA'S PLOT
\mɜːɹˈandəz plˈɒt], \mɜːɹˈandəz plˈɒt], \m_ɜː_ɹ_ˈa_n_d_ə_z p_l_ˈɒ_t]\
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a scheme devised by some of the Federalist leaders of 1798, notably King and Hamilton, to join Great Britain in obtaining possession of the French and Spanish lands in America. One Miranda, of Caracas, undertook to secure the disaffection of the Spanish provinces. By this joint enterprise Great Britain was to obtain the West Indies, and the United States Florida and Louisiana east of the Mississippi. The plot fell through because President Adams refused to favor it.
By John Franklin Jameson
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