Seminole Wars

Seminole Wars
U.S. Hist.
1. a series of conflicts in 1818-19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
2. a series of conflicts from 1835 to 1842 between U.S. Army forces and the Seminole Indians over the Seminoles' refusal to move from Florida to designated Indian territories.

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