First Seminole War
E48402
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Seminole War canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T367961 — 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: First Seminole War Context triple: [United States–Native American wars, notableSubconflict, First Seminole War]
-
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.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
-
E.
Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: First Seminole War Target entity description: 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.
-
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.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
-
E.
Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States military campaign
ⓘ
war ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Black Seminoles
ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
surface form:
Seminole warriors
Spanish colonial forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| cause |
Seminole sheltering escaped enslaved people
ⓘ
border tensions between United States and Spanish Florida ⓘ conflict between United States settlers and Seminole over land ⓘ |
| commander |
Andrew Jackson
ⓘ
Bowlegs ⓘ Edmund P. Gaines ⓘ King Payne ⓘ William McIntosh ⓘ |
| conflictType |
United States–Native American wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Wars
|
| conflictWith | Seminole resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Spain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| effect |
ceding of Florida from Spain to the United States
ⓘ
expansion of U.S. influence in the Southeast ⓘ precedent for U.S. Indian removal policies ⓘ |
| endTime | 1818 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Indian Removal policy of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Removal era
Second Seminole War ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Negro Fort
ⓘ
Battle of Suwannee River ⓘ Patriot War of East Florida ⓘ capture of Pensacola ⓘ capture of St. Marks ⓘ |
| location |
Florida
ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
Spanish Florida ⓘ |
| mainCombatant |
Seminole
ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| militaryTheater |
Gulf Coast of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf Coast region
|
| notableCommanderFor | Andrew Jackson ⓘ |
| opponent |
Seminole
ⓘ
surface form:
Seminole people
Spain ⓘ |
| partOf | Seminole Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| result |
United States military occupation of parts of Spanish Florida
ⓘ
increased U.S. pressure for acquisition of Florida ⓘ weakening of Spanish control in Florida ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
execution of Alexander Arbuthnot
ⓘ
execution of Robert Ambrister ⓘ |
| startTime | 1817 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| treaty | Adams–Onís Treaty ⓘ |
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: First Seminole War Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.