British Army in North America

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British Army command military formation

The British Army in North America was the contingent of British imperial forces stationed in the American colonies to maintain order, enforce British policies, and defend territorial claims before and during the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
British Army in North America canonical	11
British forces in North America	2
British Army command in North America	1
British Army forces in the American Revolutionary War	1
British Army high command in North America	1
British forces in the American Revolutionary War	1
British military authorities in North America	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army command ⓘ military formation ⓘ
activeDuring	American Revolutionary War ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American War of Independence Colonial America ⓘ surface form: American colonial period French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War Seven Years' War ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ
associatedWith	Boston Massacre ⓘ Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ surface form: Stamp Act crisis Townshend Acts enforcement ⓘ
commandLanguage	English ⓘ
conflictWith	Continental Army ⓘ New England colonial militias ⓘ surface form: Patriot militias
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
disbandedAfter	Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783
employed	Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ Native American allies ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ Battle of Long Island ⓘ Saratoga campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Saratoga Siege of Boston ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
garrisoned	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Charleston ⓘ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ surface form: Halifax New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ Savannah ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
militaryDoctrine	European-style drill and discipline ⓘ linear warfare ⓘ
notableCommander	Guy Carleton ⓘ Henry Clinton ⓘ John Burgoyne ⓘ Thomas Gage ⓘ William Howe ⓘ
operatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Canada ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ La Florida ⓘ surface form: Florida island of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland Nova Scotia ⓘ Province of Quebec ⓘ surface form: Quebec Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
opposedBy	American revolutionaries ⓘ Continental Congress ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
resultedIn	continued British garrisons in Canada ⓘ
role	defend British territorial claims ⓘ enforce British imperial policies ⓘ frontier defense ⓘ garrison duty ⓘ maintain order in the colonies ⓘ support to civil authorities ⓘ
subjectOf	Quartering Act ⓘ surface form: Quartering Act controversies
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
usedUnitType	Loyalist militia ⓘ artillery regiment ⓘ cavalry regiment ⓘ grenadier company ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ light infantry ⓘ provincial regiment ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quartering Act → relatedTo → British Army in North America ⓘ

Tecumseh → ally → British Army in North America ⓘ

Isaac Brock → militaryUnit → British Army in North America ⓘ

Loyalist provincial corps → subordinateTo → British Army in North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army high command in North America

Journals of Major Robert Rogers → about → British Army in North America ⓘ

Queen's Rangers → associatedWith → British Army in North America ⓘ

Simon Fraser → partOf → British Army in North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British forces in North America

Tarleton's Legion → partOf → British Army in North America ⓘ

British expeditionary forces in Massachusetts → partOf → British Army in North America ⓘ

Northern Department → appliesToJurisdiction → British Army in North America ⓘ

Northern Department → partOf → British Army in North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army command in North America

British provincial forces in North America → partOf → British Army in North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army forces in the American Revolutionary War

British provincial forces in North America → governedBy → British Army in North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British military authorities in North America

Hessian auxiliary corps in North America → partOf → British Army in North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British forces in the American Revolutionary War

James Grant → partOf → British Army in North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: British forces in North America

New Brunswick militia → associatedWith → British Army in North America ⓘ

Saratoga Battlefield → associatedWith → British Army in North America ⓘ

French forces under Comte de Rochambeau → primaryOpponent → British Army in North America ⓘ