The Yamasee War (1715-17), which pitted the English colonists in South Carolina against their former Indian allies and trading partners, had far-reaching implications outside the borders of South Carolina. Discover how the Spanish regime capitalized on this distraction of its English adversaries through an effort to reestablish its mission provinces in Florida. Learn also about the significant role that the Apalachee Indians played in launching the war against South Carolina and in building new Indian societies within Florida.

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Steve Oatis was born and raised in Massachusetts and earned his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Vermont. In 1999 he earned his doctorate in history from Emory University and joined the faculty of the University of the Ozarks, where he currently serves as Professor of History and Dean of the Division of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication. He has worked and taught extensively in the fields of American colonial, southern, and frontier history, and is the author of A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730 (University of Nebraska Press, 2004). He lives in Clarksville, Arkansas, with his wife, daughter, and a large number of adopted animals.