Blockade of the Pequot along the Thames River

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The Blockade of the Pequot along the Thames River was a key military operation during the Pequot War in which English colonial and Native allied forces sought to cut off and contain the Pequot people by controlling access along the river.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Pequot War
military operation
belligerent English colonial forces
Native allied forces
Pequot people
conflict Pequot War
country New England Colonies
surface form: Colonial New England
goal to contain the Pequot people
to control access along the Thames River
to cut off the Pequot people
historicalPeriod 17th century
location Connecticut
Thames
surface form: Thames River
opponent Pequot people
participant English colonial forces
Native allied forces
Pequot people
partOf English colonial strategy in the Pequot War
relatedTo English colonization of New England
Pequot War
Pequot people
result restriction of Pequot movement along the Thames River
usedTactic control of transportation routes
riverine blockade

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Pequot War hasKeyEvent Blockade of the Pequot along the Thames River