{"title":"Niles' Florida","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"niles-florida-book-david-d-fowler-9780988923171","title":"Niles' Florida","description":"Niles' Florida: Onward to Statehood (Volume 5). For years this desolating war has been maintained within the boundary of the United States. Our most experienced generals and our best-appointed armies have been unsuccessful in its prosecution, though all has been done which skill, bravery, and untiring perseverance could accomplish. Many of the Indians have been captured or destroyed and every portion of the enemy's country has been invaded. The forest must be subdued before the enemy can be finally conquered. Every inch of ground taken from him must be firmly held by permanent settlers who will cultivate the soil and make the wilderness their home. Enormous growth takes place under the armed occupation policy of the U. S. government. Florida's first constitution is adopted at the newly formed panhandle town of St. Joseph. Niles' Weekly Register highlights the excitement and intrigue of Florida through its admission in the Union, the death of Andrew Jackson, and beyond. Two of the final events reported on by the venerable newspaper are the rejection of the Wilmot Proviso by Florida and the death of Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, who was involved in the Seminole Wars from the very beginning.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53359166914833,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53359167373585,"sku":"NIN9780988923171","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780988923171.jpg?v=1774919846"},{"product_id":"niles-florida-book-david-d-fowler-9780988923157","title":"Niles' Florida","description":"Niles' Florida: In Pursuit of the Prize (Volume 3). Subsequent to the final ratification by Spain of the Onis-Adams treaty, on March 10, 1821, U. S. President James Monroe appoints General Andrew Jackson Commissioner of the United States to take possession of Florida and gives him the full powers of governor. In true diplomatic fashion, East Florida is turned over to the United States. West Florida follows suit in a somewhat less elegant, yet formal, ceremony. Among the immediate tasks of the new Florida government, the security of the southern shores of the peninsula comes to the forefront. The actions of Navy Commodore Porter against the marauding pirates are heroic on a par with the actions of General Jackson at New Orleans. Yet, the real enemy of the sea-faring defenders of Florida is Yellow Fever. The Indian Removal Act, signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizes the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi River in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. Colonel Gadsden, long-time crony of the President, concludes a treaty with the Seminole Indians, on May 9, 1832, at Payne's landing, providing for the relinquishment, by that tribe, of all their lands in Florida, to the United States, and their removal west of the Mississippi.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53359167406353,"sku":"NIN9780988923157","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780988923157.jpg?v=1786113376"},{"product_id":"niles-florida-book-david-d-fowler-9780988923133","title":"Niles' Florida","description":"Niles' Florida: The First War (Volume 1) provides comprehensive, first-hand, coverage of the first Seminole War. Based largely on news articles and letters from individuals, who were on the ground in Spanish Florida, the chronology of the events takes on an air of intrigue. Preparatory to the eventual invasion at New Orleans, British naval and marine forces infiltrate Spanish Florida, recruiting Indians and Africans. The Indian massacre of men, women, and children at Fort Mims brings the wrath of American military forces, eventually ending at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The Indians, who escape, make their way across the frontier into Spanish Florida. Peace never prevails as Indian and African hostilities continue to occur, particularly along the rivers that flow from the American territories to the Gulf of Mexico. The combined forces of renegade Creek Indians, Seminole Indians, and Africans, all living in Spanish Florida, continue to pose a threat to the Americans. Andrew Jackson is eventually called back into the action to quell the disturbances in Spanish Florida. At the close of military action, the United States military forces have destroyed the Indian villages across the panhandle of Spanish Florida and chased the Indians and their allies across the Suwanee River before calling an end to the action. Jackson, then, moves on Pensacola, and literally removes the Spanish authorities to Cuba.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53380962779409,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53380963762449,"sku":"NIN9780988923133","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780988923133.jpg?v=1775510950"},{"product_id":"niles-florida-book-david-d-fowler-9780988923140","title":"Niles' Florida","description":"Niles' Florida: Defending Our Actions (Volume 2). The Treaty of Ghent has changed the dynamics of relations between Great Britain, Spain, and the United States. With the war now over, the British must rely on diplomacy to express its displeasure at American actions in Spanish Florida. They are not happy with the turn of events and sound off loudly about the actions of Andrew Jackson, particularly the executions of British citizens and the invasion of Pensacola. Spain, likewise, submits diplomatic complaints over the actions of the American military in Florida. The weakness of the Spanish military and government in Florida are recognized as a major contributing factor in the American decision to invade Florida. Yet, it is the fallout from political opposition in the American government that will generate intense acrimony for the next few years. Andrew Jackson's political enemies in Washington, D. C., will take him to task for his actions in Florida.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53380962844945,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53380964122897,"sku":"NIN9780988923140","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780988923140.jpg?v=1786114386"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/niles-florida-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}