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Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida.
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Queen Anne's War
North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–13)
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) or the Third Indian War was one in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. In the United States, it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Pensacola (1707)
Part of Queen Anne's War
The siege of Pensacola included two separate attempts in 1707 by English-supported Creek Indians to capture the town and fortress of Pensacola, one of two major settlements in Spanish Florida.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
British Empire
Territory ruled by the United Kingdom
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Muscogee
Indigenous people from Southeastern Woodlands
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands in the United States. Their historical homelands are in what now comprises southern Tennessee, much…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pensacola, Florida
City in Florida, United States
Pensacola is a city in the Florida panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. The population was 54,312 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Pensacola metropolitan area, which had 509,905 residents in the 2020 census.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Spanish Florida
Former Spanish possession in North America
Spanish Florida was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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