Kieft's War

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Dutch–Native American conflict conflict war

Kieft's War was a violent 1643–1645 conflict between Dutch colonists of New Netherland and local Native American tribes, sparked by Governor Willem Kieft’s aggressive policies and raids.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kieft's War canonical 8
Dutch–Native American conflicts in New Netherland 2
Kieft’s Indian War 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch–Native American conflict ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kieft's War ⓘ
surface form: Kieft’s Indian War
belligerent Dutch colonists of New Netherland ⓘ
Hackensack ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
Tappan ⓘ
Wappinger ⓘ
other local Algonquian-speaking tribes ⓘ
chronology Kieft's War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: followed by Esopus Wars

preceded by early Dutch–Native American tensions in the 1630s ⓘ
combatantType European colonists vs. Native American tribes ⓘ
commander Willem Kieft ⓘ
conflictType colonial–indigenous war ⓘ
countryInvolved Dutch Republic ⓘ
endTime 1645 ⓘ
hasCause Dutch demands for tribute from local tribes ⓘ
aggressive policies of Governor Willem Kieft ⓘ
competition over land and resources ⓘ
raids ordered by Willem Kieft on Native American settlements ⓘ
tensions between Dutch settlers and Native Americans in New Netherland ⓘ
historicalPeriod Dutch colonial era in North America ⓘ
impact contributed to later instability in the colony ⓘ
slowed expansion of Dutch settlements in New Netherland ⓘ
worsened Dutch–Native American relations in the region ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
location Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form: Hudson River Valley

Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: New Amsterdam

New Netherland ⓘ
present-day New York ⓘ
namedAfter Willem Kieft ⓘ
opposingCommander Oratam ⓘ
Wappinger people ⓘ
surface form: Wappinger sachems
partOf colonial history of North America ⓘ
history of New Netherland ⓘ
peaceTreaty 1645 peace agreement between Dutch and Native American groups ⓘ
result appointment of a council and later Peter Stuyvesant as director-general ⓘ
devastation of farms and settlements in New Netherland ⓘ
discrediting of Willem Kieft's governorship ⓘ
heavy casualties among Native Americans ⓘ
political crisis in New Netherland ⓘ
significant losses among Dutch colonists ⓘ
significantEvent Pavonia Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Corlear's Hook Massacre

Pavonia Massacre ⓘ
attacks on outlying Dutch farms and settlements ⓘ
startTime 1643 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Willem Kieft → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
Willem Kieft → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch–Native American conflicts in New Netherland
John Underhill → participatedIn → Kieft's War ⓘ
Kieft's War → chronology → Kieft's War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: followed by Esopus Wars
Kieft's War → alsoKnownAs → Kieft's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kieft’s Indian War
Pavonia → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
Wappinger → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
Wappinger → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wappinger War
Wappinger → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch–Native American conflicts in New Netherland
Wappinger people → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
Pavonia Massacre → partOf → Kieft's War ⓘ
Pavonia Massacre → conflict → Kieft's War ⓘ
New Amsterdam period → associatedEvent → Kieft's War ⓘ