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This is a list of wars and conflicts involving Jamaica.

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
First Maroon War
(1665–1740)
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors) Great Britain
Jamaica Jamaican Government
Jamaica Jamaican Maroons Compromise
  • Treaty signed
  • The Maroons were to remain in their five main towns living under their own rulers and a British supervisor
  • They agreed not to harbour new runaway slaves but rather to help catch them
  • The Maroons would serve to protect the island from invaders
Tacky's War
(1760)
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors) Great Britain
Jamaica Jamaican Government
Jamaica Jamaican Maroons
Ashanti Slaves Victory
  • Slave defeat
  • Death of Tacky
  • Tacky's men committed suicide
Second Maroon War
(1795–1796)
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors) Great Britain
Jamaica Jamaican Government
Jamaica Jamaican Maroons Victory
  • Maroon defeat
  • Treaty signed established that the Maroons would beg on their knees for the King's forgiveness, return all runaway slaves, and be relocated elsewhere in Jamaica
  • Breach of treaty caused deportation of several Maroons to Nova Scotia and later to Sierra Leone in Africa
Baptist War
(1831–1832)
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Jamaica Jamaican Government
Rebel Slaves Victory
  • Slave defeat
  • Rebellion suppressed
Morant Bay Rebellion
(1865)
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica Rebels Victory
  • Rebel defeat
  • Execution of Paul Bogle and George William Gordon
Invasion of Grenada
(1983)
Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
Flag of Barbados Barbados
Flag of Dominica 1981 Dominica
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002) Saint Lucia
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada PRG of Grenada
Flag of Cuba Cuba
Victory
  • Grenadian dictatorship deposed
  • Cuban military presence defeated
  • Restoration of Constitutional Government

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