annexation of florida: the seminole wars by: corey johnson
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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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