Pennsylvania frontier

E206589

borderland historical region

The Pennsylvania frontier was a sparsely settled, conflict-prone border region of colonial and Revolutionary-era Pennsylvania where European settlers, Native American nations, and military forces frequently clashed.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
North American frontier	1
Pennsylvania frontier canonical	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	borderland ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderWith	Native American territories ⓘ New France ⓘ Province of Maryland ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Province of Virginia
characteristic	conflict-prone ⓘ sparsely settled ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Braddock Expedition ⓘ Forbes Expedition ⓘ French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War Lord Dunmore’s War ⓘ surface form: Lord Dunmore's War Pontiac's War ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
country	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demographicTrend	settler expansion ⓘ westward migration ⓘ
economicActivity	fur trade ⓘ land speculation ⓘ subsistence farming ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans English settlers ⓘ German settlers ⓘ Scots-Irish settlers ⓘ
event	Battle of Bushy Run ⓘ Battle of Fort Duquesne (1758) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Fort Duquesne Battle of Fort Necessity ⓘ Cherry Valley raid ⓘ surface form: Cherry Valley massacre Kittanning Expedition ⓘ Paxton Boys uprising ⓘ Wyoming Massacre ⓘ surface form: Wyoming Valley massacre
fortification	Fort Augusta ⓘ Fort Duquesne ⓘ Fort Ligonier ⓘ Fort Necessity National Battlefield ⓘ surface form: Fort Necessity Fort Pitt ⓘ
governingAuthority	British Crown ⓘ Continental Congress ⓘ Pennsylvania colonial government ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania provincial government
includedRegion	Allegheny Mountains ⓘ Appalachian Plateau ⓘ Juniata River ⓘ surface form: Juniata River valley Ohio Country ⓘ Susquehanna Valley ⓘ surface form: Susquehanna River valley northwestern Pennsylvania ⓘ Western Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: western Pennsylvania
indigenousGroupPresent	Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ Lenape ⓘ Seneca ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ Susquehannock ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
militaryForcePresent	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ provincial militia ⓘ
partOf	American frontier ⓘ backcountry ⓘ
religiousGroupPresent	Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ surface form: German Reformed Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutherans Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterians Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakers
socialIssue	Native American dispossession ⓘ land disputes ⓘ settler–Native American violence ⓘ
timePeriod	American Revolutionary War ⓘ colonial era ⓘ
treatyRelated	Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ surface form: Proclamation of 1763 Treaty of Easton 1758 ⓘ Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1768 Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1763

Referenced by (2)

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

Butler’s Rangers → operatedIn → Pennsylvania frontier ⓘ

British Indian Department → appliesToJurisdiction → Pennsylvania frontier ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American frontier