List of wars involving Jamaica

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This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica .

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Colonial conflicts

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Anglo-Spanish War

(1654–1660)

Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653-1659).svg 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

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British Empire 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 Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg Great Britain

Jamaican Maroons

Defeat of the Coromantee rebels
  • Revolt suppressed
Second Maroon War

(1795–1796)

Maroons from Cudjoe's Town and allies Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British Empire

Flag of Accompong.svg Accompong town

Defeat of the Jamaican Maroons
  • Maroon surrender
Baptist War

(1831–1832)

Slave rebelsFlag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg Colony of Jamaica Defeat of the Slave rebels
  • Rebellion suppressed
Morant Bay rebellion

(1865)

Jamaicans from Morant Bay (Jamaica Committee) Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg 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

Post-independence

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Invasion of Grenada
(1983)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Flag of Grenada.svg People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Victory
  • Grenadian dictatorship deposed
  • Cuban military presence defeated
  • Restoration of Constitutional Government

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