New York campaign of 1776

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American Revolutionary War campaign military campaign

The New York campaign of 1776 was a major early Revolutionary War operation in which British forces captured New York City and its surroundings, forcing George Washington’s Continental Army into a strategic retreat.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
New York campaign	2
New York campaign of 1776 canonical	2
British campaign for New York City	1
British capture of New York City	1
Evacuation of New York by Continental Army	1
New York and New Jersey campaign of 1776	1
New York campaign of the American Revolutionary War	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
characterizedBy	Continental Army defensive operations and withdrawals ⓘ large-scale amphibious landings by British forces ⓘ numerical superiority of British and Hessian troops ⓘ
commander	Charles Cornwallis ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Henry Clinton ⓘ Israel Putnam ⓘ John Sullivan ⓘ Nathanael Greene ⓘ William Alexander, Lord Stirling ⓘ William Howe ⓘ
followedBy	New Jersey campaign of 1776–1777 ⓘ
hasEndTime	1776-11 ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Long Island ⓘ surface form: Battle of Brooklyn Battle of Fort Lee ⓘ Battle of Fort Washington ⓘ Battle of Harlem Heights ⓘ Battle of Long Island ⓘ Battle of White Plains ⓘ British occupation of New York City ⓘ Landing at Kip’s Bay ⓘ Staten Island Peace Conference ⓘ
hasStartTime	1776-06 ⓘ
location	Brooklyn ⓘ Washington Heights ⓘ surface form: Harlem Heights Hudson Valley ⓘ surface form: Hudson River Valley Long Island ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ White Plains ⓘ surface form: White Plains, New York
notableEvent	George Washington’s retreat from New York ⓘ surface form: Continental Army retreat across New Jersey Washington’s nighttime evacuation from Long Island ⓘ loss of Fort Washington by the Continental Army ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy	Boston campaign ⓘ
result	British capture of New York City ⓘ British control of New York as a base of operations ⓘ British victory ⓘ Continental Army retreat ⓘ
significance	demonstrated the vulnerability of the Continental Army in open battle ⓘ led to a shift toward more Fabian and guerrilla-style strategies by Washington ⓘ secured New York City as the main British base in North America for most of the war ⓘ
strategicObjective	British attempt to isolate New England from the other colonies ⓘ British seizure of New York City and its harbor ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Battle of White Plains → associatedWith → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe → notableWork → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

this entity surface form: British capture of New York City

Fort Lee Historic Park → hasTheme → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York and New Jersey campaign of 1776

Battle of Brooklyn Heights → campaign → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York campaign

John André → associatedWith → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York campaign of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Pell's Point → partOf → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

Battle of Kips Bay → campaign → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York campaign

Battle of Kips Bay → partOf → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

this entity surface form: British campaign for New York City

Battle of Kips Bay → relatedTo → New York campaign of 1776 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evacuation of New York by Continental Army