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Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) Spain. Spanish West Indies; Commonwealth of England: Treaties of Madrid (1667 and 1670) The English invasion of Jamaica takes place in May 1655. Spain formally cedes several territories to England, including Jamaica, in 1670. First Maroon War (1728–1740) Windward Maroons. Leeward Maroons. British Empire. Colony ...
The Jamaican political conflict is a long-standing feud between right-wing and left-wing elements in the country, often exploding into violence. The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have fought for control of the island for years and the rivalry has encouraged urban warfare in Kingston.
Wars involving modern Jamaica (1962-) or its colonial predecessors. Pages in category "Wars involving Jamaica" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The Invasion of Jamaica took place in May 1655, during the 1654 to 1660 Anglo-Spanish War, when an English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica. It was part of an ambitious plan by Oliver Cromwell to acquire new colonies in the Americas, known as the Western Design .
The First Maroon War was a conflict between the Jamaican Maroons and the colonial British authorities that started around 1728 and continued until the peace treaties of 1739 and 1740. It was led by Indigenous Jamaican born to the land who helped liberated Africans to set up communities in the mountains who were coming off of slave ships.
The 2010 Kingston unrest, dubbed locally the Tivoli Incursion, was an armed conflict between Jamaica's military and police forces in the country's capital Kingston, and the Shower Posse drug cartel.
After the First Maroon War, Quao was replaced as leader by Edward Crawford, after whom the town was later named. In the 1750s, a conflict between two factions led by these two opposing leaders eventually led to destruction of Crawford's Town. Charles Town, Jamaica, was established in the 1750s, after the destruction of Crawford's Town. Most of ...
Tacky's Revolt (also known as Tacky's Rebellion and Tacky's War) was a slave rebellion in the British colony of Jamaica which lasted from 7 April 1760 to 1761. Spearheaded by self-emancipated Coromantee people, the rebels were led by a Fante royal named Tacky.