Father Rale's War

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Father Rale's War was an early 18th-century conflict in northeastern North America between British colonial forces and the Wabanaki Confederacy, closely tied to French-British rivalry over control of the region.

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Father Rale's War canonical 3
Lovewell's War 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American conflict
colonial war
war
cause British expansion into Wabanaki homelands
dispute over control of Acadia and Maine frontier
rivalry between Britain and France in North America
conflictBetween New England Colonies
surface form: British colonies of New England

France
Wabanaki Confederacy
endDate 1725
endedBy Treaty of 1725
Treaty of Boston (1725)
hasAlternativeName Dummer's War
Dummer's War
surface form: Fourth Anglo-Abenaki War

Father Rale's War
surface form: Lovewell's War

Dummer's War
surface form: Wabanaki-New England War of 1722–1725
historicalPeriod early 18th century
impact displacement of Wabanaki communities
increased British fortification of Maine frontier
involvedColonialPower Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
involvedIndigenousGroup Abenaki
Maliseet people
surface form: Maliseet

Mi’kmaq
surface form: Mi'kmaq

Passamaquoddy
Penobscot
location Acadia
Maine
Nova Scotia
surface form: Nova Scotia region

northeastern North America
namedAfter Sébastien Rale
notableBattle Battle of Norridgewock
Battle of Norridgewock
surface form: Battle of Pequawket

Raid on Canso (1723)
Annapolis Royal campaigns
surface form: Siege of Annapolis Royal (1722–1724)
notableFigure John Lovewell
Sébastien Rale
William Dummer
partOf Anglo-French conflicts in North America
French–Native American wars
surface form: French and Indian Wars era
primaryIndigenousBelligerent Wabanaki Confederacy
relatedTo King George's War
Queen Anne's War
result British colonial victory
consolidation of British control over Nova Scotia region
weakening of Wabanaki resistance in Maine
startDate 1722
theater New England expeditionary force
surface form: Northeast Coast campaign theater
triggerEvent Wabanaki attacks on British fishing and trading vessels in 1722

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Wabanaki Confederacy involvedInConflict Father Rale's War
Military history of New France hasPart Father Rale's War
Father Rale's War hasAlternativeName Father Rale's War
this entity surface form: Lovewell's War
French–Native American wars hasPart Father Rale's War