List of wars involving Jamaica

List of wars involving Jamaica and Jamaican rebels

This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica.

Jamaican rebels

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
First Maroon War

(1728–1740)

Windward Maroons

Leeward Maroons

Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire

Colony of Jamaica

Victory of the Jamaican Maroons
  • British government offers peace treaties
Tacky's Revolt

(1760–1761)

Coromantee rebels Kingdom of Great Britain 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 Kingdom of Great Britain 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) Kingdom of Great Britain 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

Jamaica

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

References

  • v
  • t
  • e
Lists of wars involving North American countries
Sovereign 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