Securing the Old Northwest for the United States
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"Securing the Old Northwest for the United States" is a historical work detailing George Rogers Clark’s military campaigns and strategies that helped establish American control over the Old Northwest territory during the Revolutionary era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Securing the Old Northwest for the United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3872886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Securing the Old Northwest for the United States Context triple: [George Rogers Clark, notableWork, Securing the Old Northwest for the United States]
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A.
United States territorial expansion
United States territorial expansion refers to the historical process by which the United States grew from a cluster of Atlantic coast colonies into a transcontinental nation through purchases, wars, treaties, and settlement.
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B.
Outline Political History of the Americas
Outline Political History of the Americas is a historical work by American communist leader William Z. Foster that surveys the development of political movements and class struggles across the American continents.
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C.
British posts in the Old Northwest
British posts in the Old Northwest were a network of late-18th-century British military and trading forts in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that served as strategic bases for controlling territory and influencing Native American alliances after the American Revolution.
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D.
The Common Defense
The Common Defense is a book by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington that analyzes U.S. national security policy and civil-military relations during the Cold War era.
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E.
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a foundational 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle that opposed European colonialism in the Americas and asserted a special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Securing the Old Northwest for the United States Target entity description: "Securing the Old Northwest for the United States" is a historical work detailing George Rogers Clark’s military campaigns and strategies that helped establish American control over the Old Northwest territory during the Revolutionary era.
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A.
United States territorial expansion
United States territorial expansion refers to the historical process by which the United States grew from a cluster of Atlantic coast colonies into a transcontinental nation through purchases, wars, treaties, and settlement.
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B.
Outline Political History of the Americas
Outline Political History of the Americas is a historical work by American communist leader William Z. Foster that surveys the development of political movements and class struggles across the American continents.
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C.
British posts in the Old Northwest
British posts in the Old Northwest were a network of late-18th-century British military and trading forts in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that served as strategic bases for controlling territory and influencing Native American alliances after the American Revolution.
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D.
The Common Defense
The Common Defense is a book by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington that analyzes U.S. national security policy and civil-military relations during the Cold War era.
-
E.
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a foundational 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle that opposed European colonialism in the Americas and asserted a special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical work
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history book ⓘ |
| aboutEvent | establishment of American control over the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| aboutOrganization |
Continental forces of the American Revolution
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surface form:
Continental forces
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| aboutPerson | George Rogers Clark ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coversTopic |
British influence in the Old Northwest
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Native American relations ⓘ campaign planning and logistics ⓘ forts and frontier outposts ⓘ frontier diplomacy ⓘ territorial claims in North America ⓘ |
| describes |
American efforts to control the Old Northwest
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George Rogers Clark’s campaigns in the Old Northwest ⓘ Revolutionary-era frontier warfare ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod | American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| genre |
military history
ⓘ
political history ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
American Revolutionary War
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surface form:
American Revolution
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
George Rogers Clark ⓘ Old Northwest ⓘ United States territorial expansion ⓘ military campaigns ⓘ military strategy ⓘ |
| medium | book ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | how American control of the Old Northwest was achieved ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American frontier
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio ⓘ
surface form:
Old Northwest Territory
|
| workType | non-fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Securing the Old Northwest for the United States Description of subject: "Securing the Old Northwest for the United States" is a historical work detailing George Rogers Clark’s military campaigns and strategies that helped establish American control over the Old Northwest territory during the Revolutionary era.
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