King William's War

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colonial war theater of the Nine Years' War war

King William's War was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), fought mainly between English and French colonial forces and their Indigenous allies.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial war → theater of the Nine Years' War → war →
alsoKnownAs	First French and Indian War → War of the League of Augsburg in America →
belligerent	Abenaki people → English colonists → English-allied Indigenous nations → French colonists → French-allied Indigenous nations → Iroquois Confederacy → Mi'kmaq people → Mohawk people → Wabanaki Confederacy →
cause	European Nine Years' War extending to colonial theaters → rivalry between England and France for control of North America →
commander	Count Frontenac → Sir William Phips →
conflictBetween	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of France →
conflictIn	Nine Years' War →
conflictType	frontier warfare → raiding warfare →
endedBy	Treaty of Ryswick →
endTime	1697 →
followedBy	Queen Anne's War →
hasPart	Battle of Fort Loyal → Battle of La Prairie → Battle of Port Royal (1690) → Battle of Quebec (1690) → Hudson Bay naval actions → Phips expedition to Acadia → Salmon Falls raid → Schenectady massacre →
location	Acadia → Hudson Bay region → New England → New France → New York → North America →
namedAfter	King William III of England →
partOf	Nine Years' War →
precededBy	Beaver Wars →
primaryTheater	Northeastern North America →
result	status quo ante bellum in North America →
significantEffect	devastation of New England frontier settlements → strengthening of French-Indigenous alliances in Acadia and along the St. Lawrence → weakening of Iroquois Confederacy →
startTime	1688 →
timePeriod	17th century →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
King George's War ("Third Intercolonial War") → King William's War ("First French and Indian War") →	alsoKnownAs
Benjamin Church → William Phips →	conflict
Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) →	conflictExperienced
Nine Years' War →	hasColonialName
Nine Years' War ("King William's War in North America") →	hasColonialTheatre
British–Native American wars ("King William’s War") →	hasPart
Acadia →	involvedIn
Wabanaki Confederacy →	involvedInConflict
Province of Massachusetts Bay →	militaryConflict
New England colonial militias →	participatedIn
Queen Anne's War →	precededBy
Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) →	wasDestroyedIn