Father Le Loutre's War

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Father Le Loutre's War was a mid-18th-century conflict in the Maritimes between British forces and a coalition of Mi'kmaq, Acadian, and French interests, marked by guerrilla warfare and resistance to British expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war
military conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Father Le Loutre's War
surface form: Anglo-Mi'kmaq War

Father Le Loutre's War
surface form: Mi'kmaq War
belligerent Acadians
British colonial forces
France
French colonial forces
Great Britain
Mi’kmaq
surface form: Mi'kmaq
cause British establishment of Halifax in 1749
British expansion into Mi'kmaq and Acadian territory
French efforts to maintain influence in Acadia
contested sovereignty over Nova Scotia
commander Charles Lawrence
Edward Cornwallis
Jean-Louis Le Loutre
conflictType asymmetric warfare
guerrilla warfare
endTime 1755
followedBy French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War

French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: Seven Years' War in North America
historicalRegion Acadia
location Acadia
Chignecto Bay
surface form: Chignecto Isthmus

Nova Scotia
present-day New Brunswick
present-day Nova Scotia
namedAfter Jean-Louis Le Loutre
notableFeature extensive use of guerrilla tactics by Mi'kmaq and Acadian forces
targeting of British settlers and outposts in the Maritimes
partOf Anglo-French conflicts in North America
Mi'kmaq resistance to British expansion
precededBy King George's War
primaryOpponents British versus Mi'kmaq and Acadian coalition
relatedTo Expulsion of the Acadians
surface form: Acadian Expulsion

Mi'kmaq–British treaties
Treaty of Utrecht
result British victory
consolidation of British control over Nova Scotia
weakening of Acadian and Mi'kmaq resistance
significantEvent Battle of Chignecto
Mi'kmaq and Acadian attacks on British supply lines
construction of Fort Beauséjour
construction of Fort Lawrence
raids on British settlements around Halifax
Battle of Grand Pré
surface form: siege of Grand Pré
startTime 1749

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Wabanaki Confederacy involvedInConflict Father Le Loutre's War
British–Native American wars hasPart Father Le Loutre's War
this entity surface form: Dummer’s War
British–Native American wars hasPart Father Le Loutre's War
this entity surface form: Father Le Loutre’s War
British–Native American wars hasPart Father Le Loutre's War
this entity surface form: Mi’kmaq–British conflicts
Annapolis Royal campaigns relatedTo Father Le Loutre's War
Battle of Grand Pré (1747) associatedWith Father Le Loutre's War
this entity surface form: Mi'kmaq–British conflicts
Military history of New France hasPart Father Le Loutre's War
Military history of New France hasPart Father Le Loutre's War
this entity surface form: Acadian Civil War
Father Le Loutre's War alsoKnownAs Father Le Loutre's War
this entity surface form: Mi'kmaq War
Father Le Loutre's War alsoKnownAs Father Le Loutre's War
this entity surface form: Anglo-Mi'kmaq War