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The relationship between the Seminoles and American settlers was marred by conflicts, primarily over slavery and land rights, leading to the First Seminole War (1817-1818). This war saw Andrew Jackson seizing Spanish Florida for America, displacing many Seminoles. The struggle continued with the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), partly ignited by the infamous Indian Removal Act of 1830, which aimed to relocate all tribes east of the Mississippi River to lands west.