Seminole Wars
E196659
The Seminole Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, largely over land, removal, and resistance to U.S. expansion.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1757825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Seminole Wars Context triple: [Bennet C. Riley, conflict, Seminole Wars]
-
A.
Second Seminole War
The Second Seminole War was a prolonged 19th-century conflict in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, fought largely over resistance to forced relocation from their ancestral lands.
-
B.
First Seminole War
The First Seminole War was an early 19th-century conflict in Spanish Florida in which U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson invaded Seminole territory, helping pave the way for U.S. acquisition of Florida and setting a precedent for later Indian removal policies.
-
C.
Creek War of 1836
The Creek War of 1836 was a conflict in Alabama and Georgia in which U.S. forces suppressed Creek resistance, leading to the forced removal of the Creek people along the Trail of Tears.
-
D.
Tecumseh's War
Tecumseh's War was an early 19th-century conflict in the Old Northwest in which the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his Native American confederacy resisted U.S. expansion into their lands.
-
E.
Sullivan Expedition
The Sullivan Expedition was a 1779 Continental Army campaign during the American Revolutionary War aimed at destroying Iroquois settlements allied with the British in New York and Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Seminole Wars Target entity description: The Seminole Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, largely over land, removal, and resistance to U.S. expansion.
-
A.
Second Seminole War
The Second Seminole War was a prolonged 19th-century conflict in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, fought largely over resistance to forced relocation from their ancestral lands.
-
B.
First Seminole War
The First Seminole War was an early 19th-century conflict in Spanish Florida in which U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson invaded Seminole territory, helping pave the way for U.S. acquisition of Florida and setting a precedent for later Indian removal policies.
-
C.
Creek War of 1836
The Creek War of 1836 was a conflict in Alabama and Georgia in which U.S. forces suppressed Creek resistance, leading to the forced removal of the Creek people along the Trail of Tears.
-
D.
Tecumseh's War
Tecumseh's War was an early 19th-century conflict in the Old Northwest in which the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his Native American confederacy resisted U.S. expansion into their lands.
-
E.
Sullivan Expedition
The Sullivan Expedition was a 1779 Continental Army campaign during the American Revolutionary War aimed at destroying Iroquois settlements allied with the British in New York and Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States–Native American conflict
ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Seminole Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Florida Wars
|
| belligerent |
Black Seminoles
ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
surface form:
Seminole warriors
United States Navy ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
United States Army ⓘ |
| cause |
Seminole resistance to removal
ⓘ
U.S. expansion into Florida ⓘ U.S. policy of Indian removal ⓘ conflicts over runaway enslaved people ⓘ disputes over land ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Seminole
ⓘ
surface form:
Seminole people
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryInvolved |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endYearApprox | 1858 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAffected |
Black Seminoles
ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ |
| hasPart |
First Seminole War
ⓘ
Second Seminole War ⓘ Third Seminole War ⓘ |
| impact |
longest and costliest Indian conflicts in U.S. history in the Southeast
ⓘ
shaped U.S. military tactics in irregular warfare ⓘ |
| indigenousGroupInvolved | Seminole ⓘ |
| legalContext | U.S. Indian removal policy ⓘ |
| location |
Everglades
ⓘ
Florida Territory ⓘ Spanish Florida ⓘ |
| mainTheater | Florida ⓘ |
| militaryTactic | guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
| notableCommanderUS |
Andrew Jackson
ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ Zachary Taylor ⓘ |
| notableSeminoleLeader |
Billy Bowlegs
ⓘ
Micanopy ⓘ Osceola ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indian War
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Indian Wars
|
| relatedTo |
Indian Removal policy of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears ⓘ |
| result |
U.S. consolidation of control over Florida
ⓘ
large-scale removal of Seminoles from Florida ⓘ survival of a small Seminole population in Florida ⓘ |
| startCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| startYearApprox | 1816 ⓘ |
| terrain |
Everglades
ⓘ
surface form:
Everglades wetlands
forests ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Seminole Wars Description of subject: The Seminole Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, largely over land, removal, and resistance to U.S. expansion.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.