Patriot War of East Florida

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The Patriot War of East Florida was a short-lived 1812–1814 U.S.-backed filibustering and insurgent campaign aimed at wresting Spanish East Florida from Spain, which became an early episode in the broader struggle that included the First Seminole War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf filibustering expedition ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aimedAt annexation of East Florida by the United States ⓘ
seizure of Spanish East Florida from Spain ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish East Florida ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Florida
conflictOf Spanish–American relations ⓘ
United States expansionism ⓘ
describedAs short-lived U.S.-backed filibustering and insurgent campaign ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
followedBy First Seminole War ⓘ
hasCause Spanish weakness during Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
U.S. desire to control Florida to secure southern frontier ⓘ
hasCommander Colonel John McKee ⓘ
General George Mathews ⓘ
Spanish Governor Juan José de Estrada ⓘ
hasCountry Spain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to conditions leading to the First Seminole War ⓘ
heightened tensions with Spain ⓘ
hasEvent occupation of Fernandina ⓘ
hasLocation East Florida ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
present-day Florida ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Patriot Army of East Florida ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
United States (informal) ⓘ
linked to: US
hasOutcome East Florida remained under Spanish control until 1821 ⓘ
failure of U.S.-backed insurgency ⓘ
hasParticipant American filibusters ⓘ
Georgia militia ⓘ
Patriot Army of East Florida ⓘ
Seminole people ⓘ
linked to: Seminole

Spain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
local insurgents in East Florida ⓘ
hasPlace Amelia Island ⓘ
Fernandina ⓘ
St. Augustine region ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Florida
opposedBy Seminole warriors ⓘ
linked to: Seminole forces

Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
partOf United States territorial expansion in the early 19th century ⓘ
precededBy American attempts to acquire Florida by diplomacy ⓘ
relatedTo First Seminole War ⓘ
startTime 1812 ⓘ
supportedBy President James Madison administration ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
temporalContext War of 1812 era ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

First Seminole War → hasPart → Patriot War of East Florida ⓘ
Presidency of James Madison → significantEvent → U.S. occupation of West Florida ⓘ
linked to: Patriot War of East Florida
Negro Fort → relatedEvent → Patriots War in Spanish Florida ⓘ
linked to: Patriot War of East Florida
Patriot Army of East Florida → conflict → East Florida Patriot War ⓘ
linked to: Patriot War of East Florida
George Mathews → notableWork → Patriots' War in East Florida ⓘ
subject linked to: General George Mathews
linked to: Patriot War of East Florida
Colonel John McKee → participatedIn → Patriot War of East Florida ⓘ