List of wars involving Jamaica

This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica.

Colonial conflicts

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Anglo-Spanish War

(1654–1660)

Spain Spain The Protectorate 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

Kingdom of Great Britain 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 Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain

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

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

Post-independence

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

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