Fort Loudoun

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18th-century fortification British colonial fort

Fort Loudoun was an 18th-century British colonial fort in what is now Tennessee, built during the French and Indian War to secure alliances with Native American tribes and protect the frontier.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Loudoun canonical	4
Fort Loudoun (1756–1760)	1
Fort Loudoun (British colonial fort)	1
reconstructed Fort Loudoun	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century fortification ⓘ British colonial fort ⓘ
alliedWith	Cherokee ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	British colonial officials ⓘ Cherokee leaders ⓘ
builtFor	defense of British colonial interests ⓘ protection of settlers ⓘ
category	Colonial forts in Tennessee ⓘ French and Indian War forts ⓘ
constructedDuringConflict	French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War Seven Years' War ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currentStatus	historic site ⓘ
era	colonial America ⓘ
fortType	frontier fort ⓘ stockade fort ⓘ
garrisonedBy	British soldiers ⓘ colonial troops ⓘ
governingAuthorityAtConstruction	Province of South Carolina ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	example of British–Native American alliance strategy ⓘ site of colonial-era frontier diplomacy ⓘ
hasReconstruction	reconstructed fortifications ⓘ
heritageDesignation	listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
interpretiveFocus	British–Cherokee relations ⓘ French and Indian War in the southern colonies ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Present-day Tennessee ⓘ surface form: present-day Tennessee
materialUsed	wood ⓘ
namedAfter	John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun ⓘ
namedForRole	commander-in-chief of British forces in North America ⓘ
partOf	British defensive network in the southern colonies ⓘ
primaryPurpose	protect the British colonial frontier ⓘ secure alliances with Native American tribes ⓘ
strategicRole	outpost in the southern Appalachian region ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
tourism	open to the public as a historic site ⓘ
usedBy	British Army ⓘ British colonial militia ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Loudon County, Tennessee → namedAfter → Fort Loudoun ⓘ

Fort Loudoun Dam → namedAfter → Fort Loudoun ⓘ

Fort Loudoun Lake → namedAfter → Fort Loudoun ⓘ

Fort Loudoun State Historic Park → hasPart → Fort Loudoun ⓘ

this entity surface form: reconstructed Fort Loudoun

Fort Loudoun State Historic Park → namedAfter → Fort Loudoun ⓘ

Fort Loudoun State Historic Park → hasReconstructionOf → Fort Loudoun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Loudoun (British colonial fort)

Fort Loudoun State Historic Park → locatedOnFormerSiteOf → Fort Loudoun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Loudoun (1756–1760)