New York frontier

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The New York frontier was a contested border region during the American Revolutionary era, marked by frequent raids, skirmishes, and shifting control between British-allied forces, American revolutionaries, and Native American groups.

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New York frontier canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borderland
historical region
affectedGroup Haudenosaunee communities
settler communities
belligerent American revolutionaries
British forces
British-allied Native American groups
Continental Army
Iroquois Confederacy
Loyalist forces
Oneida allies of the Americans
Patriot militia
characterizedBy border warfare
contested control
frontier violence
raids
skirmishes
conflict American Revolutionary War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
governedBy British colonial authorities in New York
surface form: Province of New York colonial authorities
historicalContext British colonial expansion into Iroquois territory
alliance patterns between British, Americans, and Native nations
includedRegion Mohawk Valley
Schoharie Valley
areas west of Albany
Susquehanna Valley
surface form: upper Susquehanna River region
involvedEthnicGroup British colonists
Dutch settlers
German Americans
surface form: German Palatine settlers

Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee peoples

Scots-Irish settlers
language English
laterGovernedBy State of New York authorities
locatedIn Province of New York
U.S. state of New York
surface form: State of New York
notableEvent Battle of Oriskany
Cherry Valley raid
surface form: Cherry Valley massacre

Sullivan–Clinton campaign
raid on German Flatts
raid on Wyoming Valley
partOf Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War
resultedIn civilian casualties
destruction of settlements
displacement of Native American populations
strategicImportance control of Mohawk Valley
control of communication routes between New England and the Great Lakes
control of interior New York
timePeriod 18th century
American Revolutionary era

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Butler’s Rangers operatedIn New York frontier
The Last of the Mohicans settingRegion New York frontier
The Deerslayer settingLocation New York frontier
Cherry Valley raid historicalRegion New York frontier