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.
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.