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The Patriot War was an attempt in 1812 to foment a rebellion in Spanish East Florida with the intent of annexing the province to the United States. The invasion and the occupation of parts of East Florida had elements of filibustering but was also supported by units of the United States Army, Navy, and Marines and by militia from Georgia and Tennessee.
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Fort McRee was one of three major installations constructed by the United States to strengthen defenses at Pensacola Bay following the War of 1812. Its construction lasted from 1834 to 1839; the facility was a three-tiered fort and a detached water battery close to sea level.
In 1812, General George Mathews and Colonel John McKee were commissioned by President James Madison as agents "with secret instructions 'to repair to that quarter with all possible expedition', for the purpose of carrying out the intentions of the act" (i.e., a secret Act of Congress on January 15, 1811) and to approach the Spanish governor in an attempt to acquire East Florida.
The earlier and larger one was built by the British in 1814, during the War of 1812. They allowed the members of the disbanded Corps of Colonial Marines , made up largely of fugitive slaves , and Creek tribesmen to occupy it after the British evacuated Florida in 1815, deliberately leaving their munitions behind.
During the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom, the fort was the scene of the American victory at the Battle of Pensacola (1814).This was fought between American forces commanded by General Andrew Jackson as well as some Native American allies, and the allied forces of Great Britain, Spanish Florida, and the Creek nation.
From 1804 to 1817, John Forbes and Company dominated Indian trade in Spanish Florida even though making a profit was difficult during the War of 1812, the Creek War, and the first Seminole Wars. Spanish authorities, including governor Vicente Folch , defended the company's duty-free status as a way of preventing incursions from American fur ...