English conquest of Jamaica

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The English conquest of Jamaica was the 1655 military campaign in which England seized the island from Spanish control, initiating centuries of British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aim to seize a valuable Caribbean base from Spain ⓘ
authorizedBy Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
belligerent Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
capturedPlace Santiago de la Vega ⓘ
Spanish Town ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
commander Edward D’Oyley ⓘ
Robert Venables ⓘ
William Penn (admiral) ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) ⓘ
consequence beginning of English colonial rule in Jamaica ⓘ
foundation of British Jamaica ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
countryInvolved England ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
date 1655 ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Madrid (1670) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interregnum (England) ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
location Jamaica ⓘ
longTermEffect establishment of plantation economy in Jamaica ⓘ
expansion of English Caribbean empire ⓘ
growth of transatlantic slave trade in Jamaica ⓘ
opponent Spain ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish guerrilla resistance in Jamaica ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) ⓘ
Western Design ⓘ
precededBy failed English attack on Hispaniola (1655) ⓘ
recognizedBy Treaty of Madrid (1670) ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
relatedTo British colonization of the Americas ⓘ
History of Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish West Indies ⓘ
result English occupation of Jamaica ⓘ
English victory ⓘ
end of formal Spanish rule in Jamaica ⓘ
startDate May 1655 ⓘ
strategicImportance provided England with a base against Spanish America ⓘ
supportedBy English Navy ⓘ
linked to: English navy
target Spanish colony of Santiago (Jamaica) ⓘ
territorialChange Jamaica ceded de facto from Spain to England ⓘ
usedMilitaryBranch English Army ⓘ
English Navy ⓘ
linked to: English navy
year 1655 ⓘ

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

British colonial period in Jamaica → significantEvent → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
First Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) → notableEvent → English capture of Jamaica (1655) ⓘ
linked to: English conquest of Jamaica
Colony of Jamaica → significantEvent → British conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: English conquest of Jamaica
Governor of Jamaica → establishedAfter → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in Jamaica → significantEvent → British invasion of Jamaica (1655) ⓘ
linked to: English conquest of Jamaica
British garrison in Jamaica → significantEvent → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ