Patriot Army of East Florida
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The Patriot Army of East Florida was a U.S.-backed rebel militia formed in 1812 to overthrow Spanish rule in East Florida and facilitate its annexation to the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patriot Army of East Florida canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10304399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patriot Army of East Florida Context triple: [Patriot War of East Florida, hasParticipant, Patriot Army of East Florida]
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A.
Seminole forces
The Seminole forces were Native American warriors, often allied with Black Seminoles, who resisted U.S. expansion in Florida during the Seminole Wars.
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B.
South Carolina militia
The South Carolina militia was a colonial-era military force composed of local settlers that played a key role in regional conflicts and frontier defense in what is now the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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C.
Black Flag Army
The Black Flag Army was a 19th-century irregular militia of mostly Chinese soldiers active in northern Vietnam, known for guerrilla warfare against French colonial forces and involvement in regional conflicts.
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D.
Miami Confederacy
The Miami Confederacy was a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that resisted United States expansion in the late 18th century.
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E.
Patriot forces
Patriot forces were the independence-aligned armies in Latin America, particularly those fighting Spanish royalist rule during the early 19th century wars of independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patriot Army of East Florida Target entity description: The Patriot Army of East Florida was a U.S.-backed rebel militia formed in 1812 to overthrow Spanish rule in East Florida and facilitate its annexation to the United States.
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A.
Seminole forces
The Seminole forces were Native American warriors, often allied with Black Seminoles, who resisted U.S. expansion in Florida during the Seminole Wars.
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B.
South Carolina militia
The South Carolina militia was a colonial-era military force composed of local settlers that played a key role in regional conflicts and frontier defense in what is now the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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C.
Black Flag Army
The Black Flag Army was a 19th-century irregular militia of mostly Chinese soldiers active in northern Vietnam, known for guerrilla warfare against French colonial forces and involvement in regional conflicts.
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D.
Miami Confederacy
The Miami Confederacy was a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that resisted United States expansion in the late 18th century.
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E.
Patriot forces
Patriot forces were the independence-aligned armies in Latin America, particularly those fighting Spanish royalist rule during the early 19th century wars of independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paramilitary organization
ⓘ
rebel militia ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1812
ⓘ
1813 ⓘ |
| alliedWith | United States Army units ⓘ |
| conflict |
East Florida Patriot War
ⓘ
linked to:
Patriot War of East Florida
Patriot War ⓘ War of 1812 era frontier conflicts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolvedIn | 1813 ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued U.S. pressure leading to the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1812 ⓘ |
| goal |
facilitate annexation of East Florida to the United States
ⓘ
overthrow Spanish rule in East Florida ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext |
American frontier expansion policy
ⓘ
U.S.–Spanish border tensions in the early 19th century ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
establish a provisional government friendly to the United States
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seize control of East Florida towns and forts ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-Spanish colonialism
ⓘ
pro-U.S. expansionism ⓘ |
| location |
East Florida
ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ border region between Georgia and East Florida ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to provoke U.S. annexation of East Florida prior to the Adams–Onís Treaty
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being a U.S.-backed filibustering-style expedition against Spanish Florida ⓘ |
| operationalArea |
St. Johns River region
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Johns River watershed
northeastern Florida ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Seminole and other Native American groups allied with Spain
ⓘ
Spanish colonial troops ⓘ loyalist inhabitants of East Florida ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Spanish Empire
ⓘ
Spanish colonial government of East Florida ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
American settlers in and near East Florida
ⓘ
sympathizers in Georgia ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. efforts to acquire Florida ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier U.S. diplomatic efforts to purchase Florida from Spain ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
U.S. expansion into the Southeast
ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ |
| result |
did not achieve formal annexation of East Florida in 1812
ⓘ
failed to permanently overthrow Spanish rule ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Georgia militia elements
ⓘ
U.S. frontier officials ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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Subject: Patriot Army of East Florida Description of subject: The Patriot Army of East Florida was a U.S.-backed rebel militia formed in 1812 to overthrow Spanish rule in East Florida and facilitate its annexation to the United States.
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