Of the three Seminole wars, the least known is the first ... In March 1818, Gen. Andrew Jackson and an army of 800 regulars and 900 Georgia militia embarked on a mission to "seize Florida." ...

Remini, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of a National Book Award-winning three-volume biography of Andrew ... Creek War, the first and second Seminole ...

The Seminole Wars were a series of conflicts sparked ... The American Army under future President Andrew Jackson invaded in November 1817. He destroyed Fowltown, the principal Seminole town.

This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chicasaw and Seminole nations ... federal government to acquire Indian territory. Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent ...

His actions there and in the First Seminole War had a hand in causing the Spanish ... In 1824, General Andrew Jackson ran for the high office. He won the popular vote and the most electoral ...

during the Seminole Wars, many Native Americans avoided being captured by Andrew Jackson and being sent West on the Trail of Tears by taking refuge in the caverns. Florida Cavern State Park ...

This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chicasaw and Seminole nations ... federal government to acquire Indian territory. Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent ...