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What happened as a result of the First Seminole War?
First Seminole War, conflict between U.S. armed forces and the Seminole Indians of Florida that is generally dated to 1817–18 and that led Spain to cede Florida to the United States. In 1816, U.S. soldiers destroyed a garrison that was a refuge for escaped slaves, killing some 270 people.
What happened to Florida because of the Seminole Wars?
As soon as the United States acquired Florida, it began urging the Indians there to leave their lands and relocate along with other southeastern tribes to Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. But other Seminoles refused to recognize the treaty and fled into the Florida Everglades.
What happened in the Second Seminole War?
Second Seminole War, conflict (1835–42) that arose when the United States undertook to force the Seminole Indians to move from a reservation in central Florida to the Creek reservation west of the Mississippi River. In addition, a few Seminole villages were allowed to remain along the Apalachicola River.
How many Seminoles are left?
500 YEARS OF SEMINOLE HISTORY Only the years since 1510, about four percent of the Tribe’s history, have been touched by European culture. To say that touch has been profound would be a gross understatement. The indigenous population of the Florida peninsula, estimated at 200,000 in 1500, is less than 3,000 today.
How many Seminoles were killed in the Second Seminole War?
The Second Seminole War claimed the lives of over 1,500 U. S. soldiers and cost the government an estimated fifteen million dollars. At its conclusion in 1842, with no peace treaty or armistice declared, roughly 3,000 Seminoles had been removed to the Indian Territory.
What happened during the Second Seminole War?
What happened in the Third Seminole War?
The Third Seminole War (1855–58) resulted from renewed efforts to track down the Seminole remnant remaining in Florida. It caused little bloodshed and ended with the United States paying the most resistant band of refugees to go West.