English conquest of Jamaica

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invasion military campaign

The English conquest of Jamaica was the 1655 military campaign in which England seized the island from Spanish control, initiating centuries of British colonial rule.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
English conquest of Jamaica canonical 2
British conquest of Jamaica 1
British invasion of Jamaica (1655) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aim to seize a valuable Caribbean base from Spain ⓘ
authorizedBy Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
belligerent English Commonwealth ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of England

Spanish Empire ⓘ
capturedPlace Santiago de la Vega ⓘ
Spanish Town ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
commander Edward D’Oyley ⓘ
Robert Venables ⓘ
William Penn (Royal Navy officer) ⓘ
surface form: William Penn (admiral)
conflict First Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
consequence beginning of English colonial rule in Jamaica ⓘ
foundation of British Jamaica ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
countryInvolved England ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
date 1655 ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Madrid (1670) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interregnum ⓘ
surface form: Interregnum (England)
location Jamaica ⓘ
longTermEffect establishment of plantation economy in Jamaica ⓘ
expansion of English Caribbean empire ⓘ
growth of transatlantic slave trade in Jamaica ⓘ
opponent Spain ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish guerrilla resistance in Jamaica ⓘ
partOf First Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)

Western Design ⓘ
precededBy failed English attack on Hispaniola (1655) ⓘ
recognizedBy Treaty of Madrid (1670) ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
relatedTo British colonization of the Americas ⓘ
History of Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish West Indies ⓘ
result British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: English occupation of Jamaica

English victory ⓘ
end of formal Spanish rule in Jamaica ⓘ
startDate May 1655 ⓘ
strategicImportance provided England with a base against Spanish America ⓘ
supportedBy English navy ⓘ
surface form: English Navy
target Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: Spanish colony of Santiago (Jamaica)
territorialChange Jamaica ceded de facto from Spain to England ⓘ
usedMilitaryBranch English Army ⓘ
English navy ⓘ
surface form: English Navy
year 1655 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

British colonial period in Jamaica → significantEvent → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
First Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) → notableEvent → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: English capture of Jamaica (1655)
Colony of Jamaica → significantEvent → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: British conquest of Jamaica
Governor of Jamaica → establishedAfter → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in Jamaica → significantEvent → English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: British invasion of Jamaica (1655)