Falls Fight

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Falls Fight is an alternative name for the Turner's Falls massacre, a 1676 attack during King Philip's War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native Americans near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

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instanceOf historical event
massacre
alternateName Turner's Falls massacre
combatant English colonial militia
Native American inhabitants of the village near Turners Falls
conflict King Philip's War
country Colonial America
date 1676
hasAftermath increased tensions between English colonists and Native American groups in the region
hasApproximateCasualties large number of Native Americans killed
hasCause escalating conflict between English colonists and Native Americans in New England
hasEthnicGroupTargeted Native Americans in the Connecticut River Valley
hasHistoricalContext colonial expansion into Native American lands in New England
hasType colonial–Native American conflict
surprise attack
locatedInPresentDay Franklin County, Massachusetts
locatedOnRiver Connecticut River
location near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts
namedAfter Turners Falls, Massachusetts
surface form: Turners Falls
partOf King Philip's War
perpetrator English colonial forces
region New England
result English colonial victory
significance one of the deadliest attacks on Native Americans in King Philip's War
timePeriod 17th century
victim Native Americans

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