Editing History of Florida (section)

====First Seminole War====
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The unguarded Florida border was an increasing source of tension late in the second Spanish period. Seminoles based in [[East Florida]] had been accused of raiding Georgia settlements, and settlers were angered by the stream of slaves escaping into Florida, where they were welcomed. [[Negro Fort]], an abandoned British fortification in the far west of the territory, was manned by both indigenous and black people. The [[United States Army]] would lead increasingly frequent incursions into Spanish territory, including the 1817–1818 campaign against the Seminole Indians by [[Andrew Jackson]] that became known later as the [[First Seminole War]]. Jackson took temporary control of Pensacola in 1818, and though he withdrew due to Spanish objections, the United States continued to effectively control much of West Florida. According to Secretary of State [[John Quincy Adams]], this was necessary because Florida had become "a derelict open to the occupancy of every enemy, civilized or savage, of the United States, and serving no other earthly purpose than as a post of annoyance to them".<ref>{{cite book|first = Alexander |last =Deconde|title =A History of American Foreign Policy|date=1963|page= 127|publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons}}</ref>