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List of wars involving Jamaica

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This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica.

Jamaican rebels

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
First Maroon War

(1728–1740)

Windward Maroons

Leeward Maroons

Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire

Colony of Jamaica

British government offers peace treaties
  • Cudjoe agrees to stop attacks, not take part in new escapees and help captured slaves
  • British give Leeward Maroons their freedom, own land, the right to hunt wild pigs and have their own government
Tacky's Revolt

(1760–1761)

Coromantee rebels Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain

Colony of Jamaica

Jamaican Maroons

Defeat of the Coromantee rebels
  • Revolt suppressed
Second Maroon War

(1795–1796)

Maroons from Cudjoe's Town and allies Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire

Colony of Jamaica Accompong town

Defeat of the Jamaican Maroons
  • Maroon surrender
Baptist War

(1831–1832)

Slave rebels Colony of Jamaica Defeat of the Slave rebels
  • Rebellion suppressed
Morant Bay rebellion

(1865)

Jamaicans from Morant Bay (Jamaica Committee) Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire Failure of Jamaican rebels
  • Phillips v Eyre decided in Eyre's favour
  • Rebellion used as a justification for more centralized control of Britain's empire

Jamaica

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Invasion of Grenada
(1983)
 United States
 Barbados
 Jamaica
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Grenada PRG of Grenada
 Cuba
Victory
  • Grenadian dictatorship deposed
  • Cuban military presence defeated
  • Restoration of Constitutional Government

References

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