General George Mathews

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General George Mathews was an American Revolutionary War officer and politician who later led a controversial U.S.-backed filibustering expedition to seize Spanish East Florida in the early 19th century.

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General George Mathews canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American military officer ⓘ
American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
areaOfActivity Georgia politics ⓘ
United States–Spanish Florida borderlands ⓘ
linked to: Florida frontier
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource United States historical scholarship on the American Revolution ⓘ
studies of U.S. filibustering in Spanish Florida ⓘ
employer Continental Army ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
familyName Mathews ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasCauseOfNotability Revolutionary War military leadership ⓘ
controversial filibustering activities in Spanish East Florida ⓘ
memberOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
notableFor leading a U.S.-backed filibustering expedition to seize Spanish East Florida ⓘ
role in the Patriots' War in East Florida ⓘ
service as an officer in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
serving as governor of Georgia ⓘ
notableWork East Florida filibustering expedition ⓘ
Patriots' War in East Florida ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
opponent Spanish Empire ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
partOf early United States expansion into the Southeast ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-expansionist U.S. policy toward Spanish Florida ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Georgia ⓘ
member of the Georgia General Assembly ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
representedIn United States House of Representatives from Georgia ⓘ
residence East Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ

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Patriot War of East Florida → hasCommander → General George Mathews ⓘ