List of wars involving Jamaica

List of wars involving Jamaica and Jamaican rebels

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This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica.

Colonial conflicts

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)	Spain Spanish West Indies	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	British Empire Colony of Jamaica	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	Great Britain Colony of Jamaica Jamaican Maroons	Defeat of the Coromantee rebels Revolt suppressed
Second Maroon War (1795–1796)	Maroons from Cudjoe's Town and allies	British Empire Colony of Jamaica 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)	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

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

v t e Wars and uprisings in Jamaica
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) First Maroon War (1728-1740) Tacky's Revolt (1760) Second Maroon War (1795-1796) Baptist War (1831-1832) Morant Bay rebellion (1865)

v t e Lists of wars involving North American countries
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands