Amacano-Pohoy Peace Brokered by Spanish

The Amacano battled with the Pohoys of Tampa Bay in the 1620s. The Spanish brokered a peace between the two peoples in 1628 or 1629.

When this happened

Amacano-Pohoy Peace Brokered by Spanish occurred in 1628 or 1629, during the colonial period period of American history. The event spanned from 1628 to 1629.

Where this happened

Amacano-Pohoy Peace Brokered by Spanish took place in Florida. Explore the full history of Florida and primary source records from this era.

European colonization of North America accelerated after 1600, with England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands establishing competing settlements along the Atlantic coast, the St. Lawrence River, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mississippi Valley. The first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia (1607) struggled with starvation and conflict; the Plymouth colony (1620) and the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) followed. By the mid-1700s, thirteen English colonies stretched along the Atlantic seaboard, governed through a mix of royal charters, proprietary grants, and elected assemblies. The colonial economy depended on tobacco in Virginia and Maryland, rice and indigo in the Carolinas, and maritime trade in New England — all increasingly reliant on enslaved African labor after 1619. Conflict with Indigenous peoples over land was continuous, punctuated by major wars including King Philip's War (1675–1676) in New England and the Yamasee War (1715–1717) in the South. The French and Indian War (1754–1763), part of the global Seven Years' War, ended French power in North America and left Britain deeply in debt — triggering the taxation disputes that would lead to revolution.

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