Question: What was one of the United States’ longest conflicts, fought in Florida?
Answer: The Seminole Wars
Florida was the setting for the most protracted and expensive Indian War in U.S. history: the Seminole War. Beginning in the early 19th century, these three wars were fought between the U.S. government and the Seminole people, who resisted efforts to relocate them to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. The Second Seminole War (1835-1842) was particularly fierce. It included a significant number of battles in Central and South Florida, with the Seminoles eventually retreating into the Everglades, where their descendants still live today.
