seminole wars









seminole wars


noun (used with a plural verb) U.S. History.

  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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