Patriot War of East Florida

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filibustering expedition insurgency military conflict

The Patriot War of East Florida was a short-lived 1812–1814 U.S.-backed filibustering and insurgent campaign aimed at wresting Spanish East Florida from Spain, which became an early episode in the broader struggle that included the First Seminole War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Patriot War of East Florida canonical 1
U.S. occupation of West Florida 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf filibustering expedition ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aimedAt annexation of East Florida by the United States ⓘ
seizure of Spanish East Florida from Spain ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish Florida ⓘ
surface form: Spanish East Florida
conflictOf United States–Spain relations ⓘ
surface form: Spanish–American relations

United States expansionism ⓘ
describedAs short-lived U.S.-backed filibustering and insurgent campaign ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
followedBy First Seminole War ⓘ
hasCause Spanish weakness during Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
U.S. desire to control Florida to secure southern frontier ⓘ
hasCommander Colonel John McKee ⓘ
General George Mathews ⓘ
Spanish Governor Juan José de Estrada ⓘ
hasCountry Spain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasEffect contributed to conditions leading to the First Seminole War ⓘ
heightened tensions with Spain ⓘ
hasEvent occupation of Fernandina ⓘ
hasLocation East Florida ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
present-day Florida ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Patriot Army of East Florida ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
US ⓘ
surface form: United States (informal)
hasOutcome East Florida remained under Spanish control until 1821 ⓘ
failure of U.S.-backed insurgency ⓘ
hasParticipant American filibusters ⓘ
Georgia militia ⓘ
Patriot Army of East Florida ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
surface form: Seminole people

Spain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

local insurgents in East Florida ⓘ
hasPlace Amelia Island ⓘ
Fernandina Beach, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Fernandina

Northeast Florida ⓘ
surface form: St. Augustine region
opposedBy Seminole forces ⓘ
surface form: Seminole warriors

Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
partOf United States territorial expansion in the early 19th century ⓘ
precededBy American attempts to acquire Florida by diplomacy ⓘ
relatedTo First Seminole War ⓘ
startTime 1812 ⓘ
supportedBy Presidency of James Madison ⓘ
surface form: President James Madison administration

United States government ⓘ
temporalContext War of 1812 era ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

First Seminole War → hasPart → Patriot War of East Florida ⓘ
Presidency of James Madison → significantEvent → Patriot War of East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. occupation of West Florida