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The Treaty of Adams-Onís was signed between the United States and Spain in 1819, officially making Florida an American territory. Not long after, American settlers began moving into the new territory and the Seminoles were moved to a large reservation in central Florida after several leaders signed the Treaty of Moultrie Creek with the United States in 1823. But as Indian removal became a priority of the Jackson administration, two treaties, both ratified by Congress and signed by President Jackson, gave the Seminoles few options. The Americans worked with what they believed were pliable Seminole leaders to get them to sign the Treaty of Payne’s Landing on May 9, 1832 and then the Treaty of Fort Gibson on March 28, 1833. The treaties called for the removal of all Seminoles from Florida to the newly formed Indian Territory, where they would be given some monetary compensation and allowed a semi-autonomous existence. <ref> Adams, George R. “The Caloosahatchee Massacre: Its Significance in the Second Seminole War.” <i>Florida Historical Quarterly</i> 48 (1970) p. 369</ref> The government thought that the treaties settled the matter because the leaders they negotiated with were happy with the results; after all, they would be among the leadership in the new Indian Territory. But the problem was that the Seminoles were not a unified nation and were instead a collection of several different, sometimes disparate bands of people. Many of the Seminole chiefs were angry that they were not invited to the negotiations and most Seminoles did not want to leave Florida. <ref> Moulton, Gary E. “Cherokees and the Second Seminole War.” <i>Florida Historical Quarterly</i> 53 (1975) p. 296</ref>

===War Comes to Florida Territory===

[[File: Osceola.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Osceola (1804-1838)]]

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===Zachary Taylor Comes to Florida===

[[File: Zachary_Taylor_by_Joseph_Henry_Bush.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) (President of the United States March 9, 1849 – July 9, 1850) ]]