[3] After the garrison at the negro fort killed a group of American sailors, General Jackson decided to destroy it.

On November 11, 1817, several officers and cadets of the Infantry Regiment of Louisiana's Fixed met at the home of Lieutenant Henry Grandpre in Pensacola.

The meeting was to discuss killing Masot and installing either Commander Luis Piernas or Artillery Colonel Diego Vera in his place.

On May 24, 1818, the Americans occupied the square of Florida's capital, Pensacola, and, after a confrontation with gunfire (which lasted several days), Masot formally surrendered to the armed forces of the United States on May 28.

[5] Capturing Pensacola was the last stage of Jackson's campaign, and he, interpreting Masot's terms of surrender as giving the United States control over the entirety of West Florida, appointed Colonel William King as its provisional governor,[6] and he and his troops returned to U.S.