Annexation Of Florida: The Seminole Wars By: Corey Johnson

Annexation Of Florida:

The Seminole Wars

By: Corey Johnson

Seminole Indians• Native American

group living in Florida

• Allowed escaped American slaves live among them

Andrew Jackson

• Veteran of the War of 1812• Seminole Wars• Promised the possession of Florida in sixty

days

First Seminole War

• March 1818• 2, 000 American troops

– Burned Seminole villages– Captured Spanish towns– Claimed Western Florida

Feelings about the War

• Spain outraged• Congress threatened to condemn Jackson• Americans applauded

Jackson

Settlements Seized

• West Florida– Pensacola

• East Florida– St. Marks

Taking Revenge

• Adams supported Jackson• Spain broke the Pinckney Treaty

– Did not control the Indians

1819• Americans controlled West Florida• Adams-Onis Treaty

– Spain gave up Florida

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