Because the U.S. government wanted to keep the citizens safe.
the us government wanted to keep the citizens safe :p
The Florida Everglades is where the Seminole Indians concealed themselves from the US Army.
The three Seminole Wars or Florida Wars were fought between the US and the Seminole Indians and escaped slaves in Spains Florida Territory between 1817 and 1858.
Because they were too revolutionary. Watch the film Osceola (staring Gojko Mitic).
The three Seminole Wars or Florida Wars were fought between the US and the Seminole Indians and escaped slaves in Spains Florida Territory between 1817 and 1858.
Andrew Jackson's invasion as a result of the Seminole Wars.
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The leader, Osceola, called to his followers and told them to go against the Indian Removal Act and the Second Seminole War was started. Osceola was taken prisoner and he died while he was a captive. About 4,000 Seminole Indians were removed from Florida and a few hundred of them were killed. Over time, the U.S. decided to stop trying to remove them so some small groups of Seminole Indians managed to stay in Florida. Plus some Seminole Indian descendants live in Florida currently.
Seminole War
Spain was supposedly in control of Florida, but they did not have much authority over the Indians who lived there and who, encourages by the British, made frequent raids North into Georgia. President Monroe ordered Jackson to guard the borders, but he grew tired of seeing the raiders escape back into Florida and so with in after them, against orders.
Osceola (1804 - January 30, 1838) was an influential leader with the Seminole in Florida. Osceola led a small band of warriors in the Seminole resistance during the Second Seminole War when the United States tried to remove the Seminoles from their lands. He exercised a great deal of influence on Micanopy, the highest-ranking chief of the Seminoles
The US purchased Florida from Spain in 1819 in the Adams-Onis Treaty after the First Seminole War.