Second Seminole War/Timelines

Timeline for Second Seminole War

A sequence of significant events in the Second Seminole War.

1817-1818: First Seminole War; Andrew Jackson invades Florida. 1821: Florida transferred from Spain to the United States. 1823: Treaty of Moultrie Creek establishes reservation in the middle of Florida.. 1828: Andrew Jackson elected President of the United States. 1830: Indian Removal Act makes removal of Indians to west of the Mississippi River U.S. policy. 1832: Treaty of Payne's Landing calls for removal of Florida Indians to west of the Mississippi River. December 23, 1835: Indians kill 106 U.S. soldiers from ambush in the Dade Massacre. Indian agent Wiley Thompson and six others killed at Fort King by Osceola and his followers. 1836: Indians burn Cape Florida lighthouse. Battle of Wahoo Swamp. 1837: Battle of Hatchee-Lustee. Osceola captured under a white flag of truce. Battle of Lake Okeechobee. 1838: Battle of Loxahatchee. 1839: Truce with Indians. More than 20 soldiers and civilians killed in attack on trading post on the Caloosahatchee River. 1840: Indians overrun settlement on Indian Key. 1842: Second Seminole War declared over.