Seminole Wars

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United States–Native American conflict series of wars

The Seminole Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, largely over land, removal, and resistance to U.S. expansion.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Seminole Wars canonical 18
United States–Seminole conflicts 2
Florida Wars 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Seminole Wars ⓘ
surface form: Florida Wars
belligerent Black Seminoles ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole warriors

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy

United States Army ⓘ
cause Seminole resistance to removal ⓘ
U.S. expansion into Florida ⓘ
U.S. policy of Indian removal ⓘ
conflicts over runaway enslaved people ⓘ
disputes over land ⓘ
conflictBetween Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole people

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endYearApprox 1858 ⓘ
ethnicGroupAffected Black Seminoles ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
hasPart First Seminole War ⓘ
Second Seminole War ⓘ
Third Seminole War ⓘ
impact longest and costliest Indian conflicts in U.S. history in the Southeast ⓘ
shaped U.S. military tactics in irregular warfare ⓘ
indigenousGroupInvolved Seminole ⓘ
legalContext U.S. Indian removal policy ⓘ
location Everglades ⓘ
Florida Territory ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
mainTheater Florida ⓘ
militaryTactic guerrilla warfare ⓘ
notableCommanderUS Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
notableSeminoleLeader Billy Bowlegs ⓘ
Micanopy ⓘ
Osceola ⓘ
partOf Indian War ⓘ
surface form: United States Indian Wars
relatedTo Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Indian Removal Act

Trail of Tears ⓘ
result U.S. consolidation of control over Florida ⓘ
large-scale removal of Seminoles from Florida ⓘ
survival of a small Seminole population in Florida ⓘ
startCentury 19th century ⓘ
startYearApprox 1816 ⓘ
terrain Everglades ⓘ
surface form: Everglades wetlands

forests ⓘ
swamps ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

military governor Bennet C. Riley → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Bennet C. Riley
Second Seminole War → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Creek War of 1836 → relatedTo → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Seminole → knownFor → Seminole Wars ⓘ
First Seminole War → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Presidency of James Monroe → hasPart → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Earl Van Dorn → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Seminole Wars → alsoKnownAs → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florida Wars
Jumper → associatedWith → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Dade massacre → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States–Seminole conflicts
Third Seminole War → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Duncan L. Clinch → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Duncan L. Clinch → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States–Native American conflicts in Florida
Battle of Wahoo Swamp → relatedTo → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Treaty of Moultrie Creek → relatedTo → Seminole Wars ⓘ
King Payne → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seminole–United States conflicts
Bowlegs → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seminole resistance movement
Bowlegs → associatedWith → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Battle of Negro Fort → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States–Seminole conflicts
Thomas S. Jesup → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Alexander Macomb → conflict → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Daniel Newnan → participatedIn → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Battle of Suwannee River → partOf → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States campaigns into Spanish Florida
Indian Key → notableEvent → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seminole attack of 1840
Mikasuki people → historicalEvent → Seminole Wars ⓘ
Florida Territory → significantEvent → Seminole Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seminole removal
Indigenous peoples of Florida → affectedBy → Seminole Wars ⓘ