Second Seminole War/Timelines
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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:
1836:
1837:
1838: Battle of Loxahatchee.
1839:
1840: Indians overrun settlement on Indian Key.
1842: Second Seminole War declared over.
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