Florida frontier

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The Florida frontier was a sparsely settled, conflict-prone border region in early 19th-century Florida where U.S. expansion, Seminole resistance, and territorial warfare frequently collided.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borderland
frontier
historical region
associatedWithEthnicGroup African Americans NERFINISHED
Black Seminoles NERFINISHED
Creek NERFINISHED
Euro-American settlers
Seminole NERFINISHED
Spanish colonists
associatedWithEvent Adams–Onís Treaty NERFINISHED
First Seminole War NERFINISHED
Second Seminole War NERFINISHED
Third Seminole War NERFINISHED
U.S. acquisition of Florida
borderWith Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED
Spanish Florida (before 1821) NERFINISHED
characterizedBy Native American–U.S. warfare
Seminole resistance
U.S. expansionism
border violence
sparse settlement
territorial conflict
country United States of America
surface form: United States
economicActivity cattle ranching
small-scale agriculture
trade in hides and skins
hasCause U.S. territorial expansion
contested sovereignty between Spain and the United States
displacement of Native Americans
slave-catching raids and resistance
hasMilitaryFeature U.S. forts and outposts
militia patrols
hasTimePeriod early 19th century
impact expansion of U.S. control over the Southeast
further dispossession of Seminole lands
involvesPolicy Indian removal policy
military occupation
knownFor guerrilla warfare
refuge for runaway slaves
swamp and hammock terrain
locatedIn Florida
Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
mainConflictParty Seminole warriors NERFINISHED
United States Army NERFINISHED
maroon communities
partOf American frontier NERFINISHED
precededBy Spanish Florida NERFINISHED

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Battle of Wahoo Swamp theater Florida frontier