This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica.
Colonial conflicts ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsAnglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) Spain Spanish West Indies Commonwealth of EnglandTreaties 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 of JamaicaBritish 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 governmentTacky's Revolt (1760–1761)Coromantee rebels Great Britain Colony of Jamaica
Jamaican MaroonsDefeat of the Coromantee rebels Revolt suppressedSecond Maroon War (1795–1796)Maroons from Cudjoe's Town and allies British Empire Colony of Jamaica Accompong townDefeat of the Jamaican Maroons Maroon surrenderBaptist War (1831–1832)Slave rebels Colony of JamaicaDefeat of the Slave rebels Rebellion suppressedMorant Bay rebellion (1865)Jamaicans from Morant Bay (Jamaica Committee) British EmpireFailure of Jamaican rebels Phillips v Eyre decided in Eyre's favour Rebellion used as a justification for more centralized control of Britain's empire American Revolutionary War:
Action of 15 January 1782 Action of 17 February 1783
Post-independence ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsInvasion of Grenada(1983)Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States People's Revolutionary Government of GrenadaVictory Grenadian dictatorship deposed Cuban military presence defeated Restoration of Constitutional Government
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