Ohio Country

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contested territory historical region

The Ohio Country was a historically contested region in the 18th century around the Ohio River Valley, claimed by Britain, France, and various Native American nations, and central to colonial-era conflicts in North America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ohio Country canonical	45
Ohio Country (parts)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	contested territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Appalachian Mountains ⓘ Great Lakes region ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ
cededBy	France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ
cededTo	Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
centralTo	colonial-era conflicts in North America ⓘ
claimedBy	Lenape ⓘ surface form: Delaware (Lenape) Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Miami people ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ Wyandot ⓘ various Native American nations ⓘ
conflictOver	control of fur trade ⓘ settlement rights ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
knownFor	fur trade routes ⓘ rich hunting grounds ⓘ strategic importance in control of interior North America ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
laterIncorporatedInto	Northwest Territory ⓘ Indiana ⓘ surface form: state of Indiana Kentucky ⓘ surface form: state of Kentucky Ohio ⓘ surface form: state of Ohio Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: state of Pennsylvania state of West Virginia ⓘ
legalStatusChange	Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1763 Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783
locatedIn	Ohio Valley region ⓘ surface form: Ohio River Valley eastern North America ⓘ interior of North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Ohio River ⓘ
partOf	British America ⓘ surface form: British colonial North America New France ⓘ surface form: French colonial North America
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War Northwest Indian War ⓘ Pontiac's War ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: Seven Years' War in North America
timeUnderControlOfFrance	until 1763 ⓘ
timeUnderControlOfGreatBritain	1763–1783 ⓘ
timeUnderControlOfUnitedStates	after 1783 ⓘ
underControlOf	France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (46)

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

Quebec Act → expandedTerritoryToInclude → Ohio Country ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → conflictIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

Butler’s Rangers → operatedIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Finney → appliesToTerritory → Ohio Country ⓘ

Buckongahelas → residence → Ohio Country ⓘ

Treaty of Fort McIntosh → mainSubject → Ohio Country ⓘ

Treaty of Fort McIntosh → region → Ohio Country ⓘ

Braddock Expedition → location → Ohio Country ⓘ

Blue Jacket → operatedIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

British Indian Department → appliesToJurisdiction → Ohio Country ⓘ

Delaware people → displacement → Ohio Country ⓘ

Fort Pitt Museum → focusesOn → Ohio Country ⓘ

Marquis de Duquesne → workLocation → Ohio Country ⓘ

John Young → residence → Ohio Country ⓘ

Tenskwatawa → placeOfBirth → Ohio Country ⓘ

French and Indian War (as part of British America) → primaryTheater → Ohio Country ⓘ

subject surface form: French and Indian War

Pennsylvania frontier → includedRegion → Ohio Country ⓘ

Joseph Brant → birthPlace → Ohio Country ⓘ

Pays d'en Haut → includesRegion → Ohio Country ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ohio Country (parts)

Battle of Fort Necessity → historicalRegion → Ohio Country ⓘ

Northwest theater of the War of 1812 → conflictArea → Ohio Country ⓘ

Fort Harmar → region → Ohio Country ⓘ

Lord Dunmore’s War → militaryTheater → Ohio Country ⓘ

Rufus Putnam → workLocation → Ohio Country ⓘ

Little Turtle → placeOfActivity → Ohio Country ⓘ

Tarhe → residence → Ohio Country ⓘ

Turkey Foot → activeInRegion → Ohio Country ⓘ

Black Hoof → residence → Ohio Country ⓘ

Mingo people → locatedInThePast → Ohio Country ⓘ

Muskingum River region → partOf → Ohio Country ⓘ

Pontiac (Ottawa war leader) → activeIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

subject surface form: Pontiac

Kispoko → locatedIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

Cornstalk → associatedWithPlace → Ohio Country ⓘ

Fort Duquesne → locatedIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) → historicalRegion → Ohio Country ⓘ

Jumonville affair → tookPlaceIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Pitt (1778) → affectedRegion → Ohio Country ⓘ

Battle of the Monongahela → region → Ohio Country ⓘ

Logan (Mingo leader) → associatedWith → Ohio Country ⓘ

Logan (Mingo leader) → deathPlace → Ohio Country ⓘ

Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu → activeIn → Ohio Country ⓘ

Battle of the Maumee Rapids → theater → Ohio Country ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) → affectedRegion → Ohio Country ⓘ

Shawnee warriors → territorialFocus → Ohio Country ⓘ

Guyasuta → placeOfActivity → Ohio Country ⓘ

Battle of Heller's Corner → locatedIn → Ohio Country ⓘ