The History of the Seminole War in Florida

Throughout its history, the United States has claimed to be a democracy that fights for freedom for all. Americans have opposed imperialistic states and have fought against empires. However, based on specific definitions of imperialism, U.S. leaders have been guilty of fighting multiple wars to build their empire, even if their explicit reasons for doing so suggest otherwise. Examples of these imperialistic trends include American actions during the First Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the annexation of the Philippines.

Many causes led to the Civil War. This all happened around the mid 1800s. It was a conflict between the Northern and Southern states. Both sides had their own view on slavery, and their separate views caused contentions between the two. Both had different views on whether to expand or stop slavery growth to the West, or have slavery at all.

After the War of 1812 Andrew Jackson would invade Spanish Florida in pursuit of Seminole Indians that were thought to be attacking and stealing from Georgia settlers. Jackson’s orders were not to invade Spanish Florida, but to stop the Indian attacks. Jackson did not listen to the orders and invaded Florida capturing the Spanish posts at St Marks and Pensacola. Spain would ultimately give up, and offer to sell Florida to the United States in the Adams–Onís Treaty in 1821.

The central cause of conflict between North and South was slavery, but it was only in it's expansion that it became a reason for war. The entrance of slavery into politics made it into a public issue, and once the issue became public the conflict had to be solved.

The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, in Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor after the Confederate artillery struck the Fort (“Florida’s Role in the Civil War”). After President Lincoln became the President of the United States, eleven states formed as Confederate states to separate themselves from the United States. The reason why those states separated from the United States was that they did not agree with President Lincoln’s decision to try to end all slavery. The Confederate states wanted to keep slavery going. Those eleven states were Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, and North and South Carolina. The rest of the United States were called the Union, even though there were some people that lived within the Confederate States that did not condone slavery and there were some people who lived in the Union states who did condone slavery. Fifteen years before Florida joined the Confederacy, Florida had just become part of the United States in 1845 (“Florida in the Civil

In order to understand the significance of the events preceding the Second Seminole War, one must first examine the First Seminole War. Frustrated with Seminole protection of runaway slaves, Andrew Jackson and more than three thousand men entered northern Florida in 1816 and began to decimate Seminole populations. Despite most of these campaigns being unsanctioned by the United States government and protested by the British and the Spanish, Jackson was received as a war hero throughout the nation and protected from punitive measures. The refusal of the government to punish Jackson for the injustices led to foreign hostilities with both Britain and Spain. The Adam-Onis Treaty of 1819

The causes of the war of 1812 included the British seizing America’s with their cargo and goods. As well as the expansion westwards, this caused the Native Americans to rebel. The final reason was the election of 1812 where the Democratic-Republicans had disputes with the federalists.

After tensions between indigenous tribes and white settlers intensified, the United States government approached the Seminoles in an attempt to begin the deportation process. The first course of action was to not only quell the conflicts between the two parties in Florida, but to begin to encroach on the Seminole land and force them into reservations. This would make it all the easier when it came time to begin official removal of the Seminoles.

The War of 1812 was between Great Britain, North American Colonies, Native Americans and the U.S. The war started in the old timey days where they rode their horses and had to fight off indians, or scavengers just to get to a town. This war

Before, Andrew Jackson became the seventh president he was a general. He won many wars other wars not so much. Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States on 1829. He served between the years of 1829 to 1837. He became president when he won against John Quincy Adams in the Electoral College votes and in the popular votes.

The treaty required the Seminoles to declare that the new land apportioned for them was acceptable as their new home. In turn because of American deceit and federal claims, this meant that it included all Seminoles still in Florida to also move to the Indian Territory, not just those who made the trip. The treaties were immediately disputed with denials from Seminoles claiming they did not sign it or from others who did not accept them as representative of all Seminoles in Florida. Many Seminoles in Florida were determined to fight to protect their lands and resist removal. In late 1835, Seminole warriors began a series of attacks designed to let the Americans know how they felt about the treaties. Seminole opposition to removal ignited the Second Seminole War, and early 1836 marked an increase in federal response to Seminole Indian attacks, including sending additional troops and further escalating the

One week later, November 30, 1817, the most barbarous battle of the First Seminole War occurred along the Apalachicola River. The previous attack on Fowltown had enraged the Creek Indians, Seminoles, and runaway slaves in that region and they had decided to disrupt the transportation of supplies, to Fort Scott, on the Apalachicola River. With a force of over three-hundred men, led by the Red Stick Creek leader Homathlemico, the Indians ambushed Lieutenant Scott’s boat. Alerted of the possible attack, Lt. Scott sent a courier to notify Gen. Gaines of the imminent danger. However, the courier arrived too late for reinforcements to react. The warriors established strategic battle positions on the East side of the river, along a bend, where the

As long as mankind has existed there have been warfare. Nations or groups fight each other over religion, believes and interests, and billions of soldiers has let their life fighting for their country and culture values and believes.

Americans fighting each other, bloodshed, people dying: all of this describes the bloody and gruesome American Civil War. Now, why did the American Civil War happen. The war was caused primarily over slavery, but there were also many issues that caused the war. These issues included the Tariff Acts of 1828 and

The major motive for wars between 1650 and 1850 were due to trade, for expansion and protection of trade. The wars mostly took place, because of the claiming of wealth and vast land areas of the Americas. Nations were fighting each other to claim ownership and to fight for independence because of the heavy tax burdens that was being placed on them. The English and Dutch fought several wars over Dutch access to English ports and wars over trade between England and Spain. In the late seventeenth century, the British began to challenge the Dutch and the Portuguese that was for control of the trade with Indonesia. The wars began over territory in Europe and were extended to America in one direction and to Asia in the other. Mercantilism was what inspired these imperial wars. “Mercantilism believed that the wealth of a state