Peach Tree War
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The Peach Tree War was a 1655 Native American attack led largely by the Wappinger and their allies against Dutch settlements in New Netherland, including New Amsterdam, in response to earlier Dutch violence and land disputes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peach Tree War canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7512377 — 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: Peach Tree War Context triple: [Wappinger people, conflict, Peach Tree War]
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A.
Guerra de las Naranjas
Guerra de las Naranjas fue un breve conflicto militar de 1801 en el que España, aliada con Francia, atacó a Portugal para presionarlo a romper su alianza con el Reino Unido durante las Guerras Napoleónicas.
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War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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C.
Pork and Beans War
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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D.
Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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E.
Guerra del Asiento
Guerra del Asiento es el nombre en español de la Guerra del Asiento o Guerra de la Oreja de Jenkins, un conflicto del siglo XVIII entre Gran Bretaña y España principalmente por disputas comerciales y coloniales en el Caribe y América.
- 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: Peach Tree War Target entity description: The Peach Tree War was a 1655 Native American attack led largely by the Wappinger and their allies against Dutch settlements in New Netherland, including New Amsterdam, in response to earlier Dutch violence and land disputes.
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A.
Guerra de las Naranjas
Guerra de las Naranjas fue un breve conflicto militar de 1801 en el que España, aliada con Francia, atacó a Portugal para presionarlo a romper su alianza con el Reino Unido durante las Guerras Napoleónicas.
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B.
War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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C.
Pork and Beans War
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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D.
Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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E.
Guerra del Asiento
Guerra del Asiento es el nombre en español de la Guerra del Asiento o Guerra de la Oreja de Jenkins, un conflicto del siglo XVIII entre Gran Bretaña y España principalmente por disputas comerciales y coloniales en el Caribe y América.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American–European conflict
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conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Peach War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
Dutch violence against Native Americans
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earlier massacres of Native Americans by Dutch forces ⓘ expansion of Dutch settlements onto Native lands ⓘ land disputes between Dutch colonists and Native peoples ⓘ |
| combatant |
Dutch colonial militia
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Dutch settlers ⓘ Wappinger warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | war ⓘ |
| consequence |
heightened tensions between Dutch colonists and Native nations in the region
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increased Dutch fortification of New Amsterdam ⓘ negotiations for ransom and return of Dutch captives ⓘ |
| endDate | 1655-09-16 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Dutch colonial period in North America ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Lower Hudson River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedEthnicGroup |
Dutch colonists
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Lenape people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wappinger people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Manhattan Island
NERFINISHED
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New Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ New Netherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Pavonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Staten Island NERFINISHED ⓘ outlying Dutch farms near New Amsterdam ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Esopus
NERFINISHED
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Lenape NERFINISHED ⓘ Susquehannock allies NERFINISHED ⓘ Wappinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | peach trees near attacked Dutch farms ⓘ |
| opposingBelligerent |
Dutch West India Company
NERFINISHED
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Dutch settlers in New Netherland ⓘ |
| partOf |
colonial American history
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history of New Netherland ⓘ |
| primaryTarget |
Dutch settlements in and around New Amsterdam
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isolated Dutch farmsteads ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Dutch–Native American conflicts in the Hudson Valley
NERFINISHED
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Esopus Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Kieft's War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Native American victory in initial attacks
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capture of Dutch settlers as prisoners ⓘ destruction of several Dutch farms and settlements ⓘ temporary weakening of Dutch control around New Amsterdam ⓘ |
| startDate | 1655-09-15 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | September 1655 ⓘ |
| territorialContext | colony of New Netherland under Dutch rule ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peach Tree War Description of subject: The Peach Tree War was a 1655 Native American attack led largely by the Wappinger and their allies against Dutch settlements in New Netherland, including New Amsterdam, in response to earlier Dutch violence and land disputes.
Referenced by (2)
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