Southeastern United States borderlands

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The Southeastern United States borderlands were a contested frontier region where European empires, the United States, Native nations, and maroon communities vied for control, shaping the political and military conflicts of the early American republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contested frontier
historical region
associatedWith Atlantic World
linked to: Atlantic world

early American republic
borderedBy Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
characterizedBy Native resistance
diplomacy
imperial rivalry
maroon settlements
multiethnic communities
shifting sovereignties
slave flight
trade networks
violence
includesRegion Alabama frontier
Georgia frontier
Gulf Coast
Lower Mississippi Valley
Mississippi frontier
Spanish Florida
involvedActor British Empire
French Empire
Native nations
Spanish Empire
United States
enslaved Africans
free people of color
maroon communities
settler colonists
involvedNativeNation Cherokee Nation
Chickasaw Nation
Choctaw Nation
Creek Nation
Seminole
locatedIn Southeastern United States
militarilySignificantFor Creek War
Seminole Wars
War of 1812
partOf borderlands of North America
politicallySignificantFor U.S. Indian policy
U.S. territorial expansion
expansion of slavery
formation of the United States
relatedConcept Native sovereignty
borderlands historiography
frontier theory
maroonage
timePeriod 18th century
early 19th century

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Battle of Negro Fort theater Southeastern United States borderlands
New Spain frontier regions hasPart Louisiana borderlands
linked to: Southeastern United States borderlands