Southeastern United States borderlands

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The Southeastern United States borderlands were a contested frontier region where European empires, the United States, Native nations, and maroon communities vied for control, shaping the political and military conflicts of the early American republic.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contested frontier ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Atlantic World ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world

early American republic ⓘ
borderedBy Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
characterizedBy Native resistance ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
imperial rivalry ⓘ
maroon settlements ⓘ
multiethnic communities ⓘ
shifting sovereignties ⓘ
slave flight ⓘ
trade networks ⓘ
violence ⓘ
includesRegion Alabama frontier ⓘ
Georgia frontier ⓘ
Gulf Coast ⓘ
Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
Mississippi frontier ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
involvedActor British Empire ⓘ
French Empire ⓘ
Native nations ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
United States ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
free people of color ⓘ
maroon communities ⓘ
settler colonists ⓘ
involvedNativeNation Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
Choctaw Nation ⓘ
Creek Nation ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
militarilySignificantFor Creek War ⓘ
Seminole Wars ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
partOf borderlands of North America ⓘ
politicallySignificantFor U.S. Indian policy ⓘ
U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ
expansion of slavery ⓘ
formation of the United States ⓘ
relatedConcept Native sovereignty ⓘ
borderlands historiography ⓘ
frontier theory ⓘ
maroonage ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ

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Battle of Negro Fort → theater → Southeastern United States borderlands ⓘ
New Spain frontier regions → hasPart → Louisiana borderlands ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern United States borderlands