Yamasee War

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Native American–colonial conflict early 18th-century conflict war

The Yamasee War was a major early 18th-century conflict in the colonial American South in which a coalition of Native American tribes fought against British colonists, reshaping the region’s balance of power and colonial-Indian relations.

Aliases (1)

Yemassee War ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American–colonial conflict → early 18th-century conflict → war →
alsoKnownAs	Yemassee War →
cause	Native American indebtedness to British traders → abusive practices of British Indian traders → deterioration of colonial–Indian relations in South Carolina → encroachment on Native American lands → slave raids and Native enslavement →
combatant	African slaves fighting on the side of South Carolina in some engagements → militia of South Carolina →
conflictType	Indian war → colonial war →
endDate	1717 →
followedBy	Cherokee–British conflicts later in the 18th century →
impact	contributed to transition of South Carolina from proprietary to royal colony → prompted reforms in British Indian trade regulation →
location	Province of South Carolina → Southeastern North America → colonial American South →
mainBelligerent	Apalachee → British colonists in South Carolina → Catawba → Cherokee → Choctaw → Lower Creek → Spanish Florida (indirectly) → Yamasee →
opponent	British Indian traders → Province of South Carolina →
partOf	history of Native Americans in the United States → history of colonial South Carolina →
precededBy	Tuscarora War →
region	Lowcountry of South Carolina →
result	collapse of the Indian slave trade in South Carolina → decline of Spanish influence among some Southeastern tribes → devastation of South Carolina frontier settlements → flight of many Yamasee to Spanish Florida → increased British Crown oversight of South Carolina → near destruction of the Yamasee as a people in South Carolina → realignment of Native alliances in the Southeast → shift in South Carolina economy toward African slave labor → strengthening of the Cherokee–British alliance → weakening of proprietary control in South Carolina →
significance	major turning point in colonial–Indian relations in the Southeast → reshaped balance of power in the colonial American South →
startDate	1715 →
timePeriod	18th century →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Catawba → Province of Carolina →	involvedIn
Yamasee War ("Yemassee War") →	alsoKnownAs
American South (colonial and early national periods) →	conflictInvolved
Tuscarora War →	followedBy
British–Native American wars →	hasPart
Colonial America →	majorConflict