Pork and Beans War

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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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Pork and Beans War canonical 2

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Statements (48)

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 ⓘ