War of the League of Augsburg in America
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War of the League of Augsburg in America was the North American theater of the larger European conflict between England and France from 1689 to 1697, marked by frontier raids and battles involving colonial and Indigenous forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| War of the League of Augsburg in America canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1995588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War of the League of Augsburg in America Context triple: [King William's War, alsoKnownAs, War of the League of Augsburg in America]
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A.
Apache Wars
The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts in the 19th century between various Apache groups and the United States (and earlier Mexico), marked by protracted guerrilla resistance in the Southwest.
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B.
War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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C.
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
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D.
Border War
Border War is a historic college sports rivalry primarily between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, spanning multiple sports and rooted in longstanding regional and cultural tensions.
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E.
Coalition Wars
The Coalition Wars, more commonly known as the Napoleonic Wars, were a series of major early-19th-century conflicts in which shifting alliances of European powers fought against Napoleonic France for dominance of the continent.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War of the League of Augsburg in America Target entity description: War of the League of Augsburg in America was the North American theater of the larger European conflict between England and France from 1689 to 1697, marked by frontier raids and battles involving colonial and Indigenous forces.
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A.
Apache Wars
The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts in the 19th century between various Apache groups and the United States (and earlier Mexico), marked by protracted guerrilla resistance in the Southwest.
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B.
War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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C.
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
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D.
Border War
Border War is a historic college sports rivalry primarily between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, spanning multiple sports and rooted in longstanding regional and cultural tensions.
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E.
Coalition Wars
The Coalition Wars, more commonly known as the Napoleonic Wars, were a series of major early-19th-century conflicts in which shifting alliances of European powers fought against Napoleonic France for dominance of the continent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North American theater of a European war
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war ⓘ |
| affects |
British America
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surface form:
English colonies in North America
New France ⓘ
surface form:
French colonies in North America
Indigenous nations allied with European powers ⓘ |
| belligerent |
English colonies in North America
ⓘ
New France ⓘ
surface form:
French colonies in North America
Indigenous groups allied with England ⓘ Indigenous groups allied with France ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
United Kingdom and France
ⓘ
surface form:
England and France
|
| conflictType |
colonial war
ⓘ
proxy conflict for European rivalries in North America ⓘ |
| endedBy | Treaty of Ryswick ⓘ |
| endTime | 1697 ⓘ |
| hasCause | rivalry between England and France for control in Europe and overseas colonies ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
attacks on settlements
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cross-border raids between English and French colonies ⓘ frontier raids ⓘ involvement of Indigenous warriors on both sides ⓘ small-scale battles ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
North America
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frontier regions between English and French colonies in North America ⓘ |
| hasMainParticipants |
English colonial forces in North America
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French colonial forces in North America ⓘ Indigenous allies of the English ⓘ Indigenous allies of the French ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | late 17th century ⓘ |
| hasTheater | English–French colonial frontier in North America ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nine Years' War
ⓘ
War of the League of Augsburg ⓘ |
| result | status quo ante bellum in North America ⓘ |
| startTime | 1689 ⓘ |
| temporalRelation | concurrent with the War of the League of Augsburg in Europe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: War of the League of Augsburg in America Description of subject: War of the League of Augsburg in America was the North American theater of the larger European conflict between England and France from 1689 to 1697, marked by frontier raids and battles involving colonial and Indigenous forces.
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