British posts in the Old Northwest
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British posts in the Old Northwest were a network of late-18th-century British military and trading forts in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that served as strategic bases for controlling territory and influencing Native American alliances after the American Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| British posts in the Old Northwest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2157496 — 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: British posts in the Old Northwest Context triple: [Henry Hamilton, regionGoverned, British posts in the Old Northwest]
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A.
Western Settlement
Western Settlement was one of the two principal Norse colonies in medieval Greenland, located in the island’s more inland and western fjords.
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B.
Pennsylvania frontier
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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C.
Haldimand Proclamation
The Haldimand Proclamation was a 1784 British colonial decree granting the Mohawk and other Haudenosaunee allies land along the Grand River in what is now Ontario as compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
British provincial forces in North America
British provincial forces in North America were locally raised Loyalist military units that fought alongside the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
New York frontier
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British posts in the Old Northwest Target entity description: British posts in the Old Northwest were a network of late-18th-century British military and trading forts in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that served as strategic bases for controlling territory and influencing Native American alliances after the American Revolution.
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A.
Western Settlement
Western Settlement was one of the two principal Norse colonies in medieval Greenland, located in the island’s more inland and western fjords.
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B.
Pennsylvania frontier
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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C.
Haldimand Proclamation
The Haldimand Proclamation was a 1784 British colonial decree granting the Mohawk and other Haudenosaunee allies land along the Grand River in what is now Ontario as compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
British provincial forces in North America
British provincial forces in North America were locally raised Loyalist military units that fought alongside the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
New York frontier
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical entity
ⓘ
network of military forts ⓘ |
| after |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolution
|
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Anishinabek
ⓘ
surface form:
Anishinaabe peoples
Haudenosaunee ⓘ Miami ⓘ Odawa ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ |
| country | Great Britain ⓘ |
| economicActivity | fur trade ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fort Chartres
ⓘ
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Detroit
Fort Erie, Ontario ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Erie
Fort Haldimand ⓘ Fort Kaskaskia ⓘ Fort Lernoult ⓘ Fort Mackinac ⓘ Fort Miami ⓘ Fort Michilimackinac ⓘ Fort Niagara ⓘ Fort Stanwix ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Oswegatchie
Fort Ouiatenon ⓘ Fort Sandusky ⓘ Fort St. Joseph (Michigan) ⓘ Fort Sackville, Vincennes ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Vincennes
|
| historicalRegionNowCorrespondsTo |
Northwest Territory
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Territory of the United States
|
| influenced | Native American resistance to U.S. settlement ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
Ohio Valley region ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio Valley
Old Northwest ⓘ |
| maintainedDespite |
Treaty of Paris (1783)
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Paris 1783 cession of the Northwest Territory to the United States
|
| purpose |
control of fur trade
ⓘ
deterrence of United States expansion ⓘ influence over Native American alliances ⓘ projection of British military power ⓘ |
| regionNowPartOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
states around the Great Lakes ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Jay Treaty ⓘ Northwest Indian War ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Paris 1783
|
| strategicFunction |
buffer zone between British Canada and the United States
ⓘ
control of key waterways ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | late 18th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Army
ⓘ
British Indian Department ⓘ |
| withdrawalTriggeredBy | Jay Treaty ⓘ |
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Subject: British posts in the Old Northwest Description of subject: British posts in the Old Northwest were a network of late-18th-century British military and trading forts in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that served as strategic bases for controlling territory and influencing Native American alliances after the American Revolution.
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