General George Mathews

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American military officer American politician human

General George Mathews was an American Revolutionary War officer and politician who later led a controversial U.S.-backed filibustering expedition to seize Spanish East Florida in the early 19th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American military officer ⓘ American politician ⓘ human ⓘ
areaOfActivity	Georgia politics ⓘ United States–Spanish Florida borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Georgia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource	United States historical scholarship on the American Revolution ⓘ studies of U.S. filibustering in Spanish Florida ⓘ
employer	Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Mathews NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	George NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCauseOfNotability	Revolutionary War military leadership ⓘ controversial filibustering activities in Spanish East Florida ⓘ
memberOf	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
notableFor	leading a U.S.-backed filibustering expedition to seize Spanish East Florida ⓘ role in the Patriots' War in East Florida ⓘ service as an officer in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ serving as governor of Georgia ⓘ
notableWork	East Florida filibustering expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriots' War in East Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ
opponent	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
partOf	early United States expansion into the Southeast ⓘ
politicalAlignment	pro-expansionist U.S. policy toward Spanish Florida ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Georgia ⓘ member of the Georgia General Assembly ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
representedIn	United States House of Representatives from Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	East Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Patriot War of East Florida → hasCommander → General George Mathews ⓘ