Second Seminole War - Wikipedia
The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively known as Seminoles, consisting of American Indians and Black Indians.
Second Seminole War | Background, Battles, & Outcome
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. It was the longest of the wars of Indian removal.
Seminole Wars - Wikipedia
The Second Seminole War (1835–1842) began as a result of the United States unilaterally voiding the Treaty of Moultrie Creek and demanding that all Seminoles relocate to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma under the Indian Removal Act (1830).
Seminole Wars | Definition, Summary, Dates, Significance, & Facts ...
The Second Seminole War (1835–42) followed the refusal of most Seminoles to abandon the reservation that had been specifically established for them north of Lake Okeechobee and to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
The Seminole Wars - Florida Department of State
The Second Seminole War (1835-1842), usually referred to as the Seminole War proper, was the fiercest war waged by the U.S. government against American Indians. The United States spent more than $20 million fighting the Seminoles.
Dec. 26, 1835: Second Seminole War, Largest Uprising of the …
On December 26, 1835, the Seminoles, Black Seminoles, and rebel slaves initiated the most coordinated uprising of Indigenous people and Blacks in the history of the United States.
A Massacre of U.S. Soldiers Started the Second Seminole War
The massacre of a column of U.S. soldiers ignited the Second Seminole War in 1835. Colonel Zachary Taylor confronted the Seminoles two years later at Lake Okeechobee in the war’s only pitched battle.
The Seminole Wars - Seminole Nation Museum
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 truce declared, roughly 3,000 Seminoles had been removed to the Indian Territory.
Second Seminole War: 1835-1842 - ThoughtCo
2020年11月27日 · The Second Seminole War proved to be the longest and costliest conflict with a Native American group fought by the United States. In the course of the fighting, numerous officers gained valuable experience which would serve them well in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War .
Indian Wars: Second Seminole War (1835-1842) - The History Guy
This war was the most expensive Indian War in U.S. history, and has the added distinction of also being an Indian War in which the Native Americans did not lose. In effect, the U.S. declared the war over in 1842, even though the Seminoles had not in fact been defeated.