List of wars involving Jamaica

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

Post-independence

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

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