Seminole Wars

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The Seminole Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, largely over land, removal, and resistance to U.S. expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Florida Wars ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
belligerent Black Seminoles ⓘ
Seminole warriors ⓘ
linked to: Seminole

U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy

United States Army ⓘ
cause Seminole resistance to removal ⓘ
U.S. expansion into Florida ⓘ
U.S. policy of Indian removal ⓘ
conflicts over runaway enslaved people ⓘ
disputes over land ⓘ
conflictBetween Seminole people ⓘ
linked to: Seminole

United States ⓘ
countryInvolved United States ⓘ
endYearApprox 1858 ⓘ
ethnicGroupAffected Black Seminoles ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
hasPart First Seminole War ⓘ
Second Seminole War ⓘ
Third Seminole War ⓘ
impact longest and costliest Indian conflicts in U.S. history in the Southeast ⓘ
shaped U.S. military tactics in irregular warfare ⓘ
indigenousGroupInvolved Seminole ⓘ
legalContext U.S. Indian removal policy ⓘ
location Everglades ⓘ
Florida Territory ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
mainTheater Florida ⓘ
militaryTactic guerrilla warfare ⓘ
notableCommanderUS Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
notableSeminoleLeader Billy Bowlegs ⓘ
Micanopy ⓘ
Osceola ⓘ
partOf United States Indian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Indian War
relatedTo Indian Removal Act ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
result U.S. consolidation of control over Florida ⓘ
large-scale removal of Seminoles from Florida ⓘ
survival of a small Seminole population in Florida ⓘ
startCentury 19th century ⓘ
startYearApprox 1816 ⓘ
terrain Everglades wetlands ⓘ
linked to: Everglades

forests ⓘ
swamps ⓘ

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bennet C. Riley → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Second Seminole War → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Creek War of 1836 → relatedTo → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Seminole → knownFor → Seminole Wars ⓘ
First Seminole War → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Presidency of James Monroe → hasPart → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Earl Van Dorn → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Seminole Wars → alsoKnownAs → Florida Wars ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Jumper → associatedWith → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Dade massacre → conflict → United States–Seminole conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Third Seminole War → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Duncan L. Clinch → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Duncan L. Clinch → conflict → United States–Native American conflicts in Florida ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Battle of Wahoo Swamp → relatedTo → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Treaty of Moultrie Creek → relatedTo → Seminole Wars ⓘ
King Payne → conflict → Seminole–United States conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Bowlegs → partOf → Seminole resistance movement ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Bowlegs → associatedWith → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Battle of Negro Fort → conflict → United States–Seminole conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Thomas S. Jesup → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Alexander Macomb → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Daniel Newnan → participatedIn → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Battle of Suwannee River → partOf → United States campaigns into Spanish Florida ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Indian Key → notableEvent → Seminole attack of 1840 ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Mikasuki people → historicalEvent → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Florida Territory → significantEvent → Seminole removal ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Fort Dade → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Fort Dade → associatedWithConflict → U.S.–Seminole conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
The Exiles of Florida → mainSubject → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Coacoochee → associatedWith → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Billy Bowlegs → associatedWith → Seminole Wars in Florida ⓘ
linked to: Seminole Wars
Thomas Jesup → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Fort Marion → usedDuringConflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Seminole forces → partOfConflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Negro Fort → associatedWith → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Edmund P. Gaines → participatedIn → Seminole Wars ⓘ
subject linked to: Gaines
Charles Ferguson Smith → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ