Pork and Beans War

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border conflict diplomatic dispute historical event

The Pork and Beans War, formally known as the Aroostook War, was a largely bloodless 1838–1839 border dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.

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Label	Occurrences
Pork and Beans War canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border conflict ⓘ diplomatic dispute ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aroostook War ⓘ
belligerent	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government New Brunswick, Canada ⓘ surface form: Province of New Brunswick Maine ⓘ surface form: State of Maine United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
cause	disputed Maine–New Brunswick boundary ⓘ
conflictBetween	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryClaimingTerritory	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1839 ⓘ
followedBy	final demarcation of the Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ
hasFormalName	Aroostook War ⓘ
hasNickname	Pork and Beans War ⓘ
hasParticipant	British Army ⓘ Maine militia ⓘ New Brunswick militia ⓘ United States Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army
involvesResource	timber ⓘ
involvesTerritory	Aroostook County, Maine ⓘ surface form: Aroostook County northern Maine ⓘ western New Brunswick ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween	Maine ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ
location	Aroostook River ⓘ surface form: Aroostook River valley Maine ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ
mainEconomicIssue	lumbering rights ⓘ
mediatedBy	Daniel Webster ⓘ Lord Ashburton ⓘ
namedAfter	food rations of soldiers and loggers ⓘ
notableFor	absence of major battles ⓘ militia mobilization without large-scale combat ⓘ
partOf	Pig War ⓘ surface form: Anglo-American border disputes
precededBy	Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783 boundary ambiguities
region	Northeastern North America ⓘ
relatedEvent	Webster–Ashburton Treaty negotiations ⓘ
relatedTo	Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ surface form: Maine–Canada border Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ
result	Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
settledBy	Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
startDate	1838 ⓘ
status	largely bloodless ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
typeOfDispute	boundary dispute ⓘ

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

Aroostook War → alsoKnownAs → Pork and Beans War ⓘ

Pork and Beans War → hasNickname → Pork and Beans War ⓘ