British Crown during the American Revolution

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belligerent in the American Revolutionary War imperial authority monarchy

The British Crown during the American Revolution was the imperial authority of Great Britain whose efforts to maintain control over its American colonies sparked the Revolutionary War and shaped alliances and conflicts with various Indigenous nations and colonial factions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Empire during the American Revolutionary War	2
Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	belligerent in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ imperial authority ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
capital	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ American War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime	1783 ⓘ
executiveBody	British ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ
foreignPolicyObjective	containment of French influence in North America ⓘ maintenance of imperial control over North American colonies ⓘ
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfState	George III NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalAuthorityOver	British West Indies colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ East Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ West Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
policy	Intolerable Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Proclamation of 1763 NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec Act NERFINISHED ⓘ assertion of parliamentary sovereignty over the colonies ⓘ enforcement of Navigation Acts ⓘ taxation of American colonies ⓘ use of Indigenous alliances against rebelling colonies ⓘ
reigningMonarch	George III NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	loss of Thirteen Colonies in mainland North America ⓘ recognition of United States independence ⓘ
signedTreaty	Treaty of Paris (1783) NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	circa 1763 ⓘ
supportedBy	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ British provincial corps ⓘ Cherokee factions allied with Britain ⓘ Creek allies ⓘ Hessian auxiliaries NERFINISHED ⓘ Iroquois nations allied with Britain ⓘ Loyalists NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohawk allies ⓘ Muscogee allies ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawnee allies NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Seneca nation → alliedWith → British Crown during the American Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire during the American Revolutionary War

Oneida nation → conflictWith → British Crown during the American Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Oneida Nation

Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau → militaryAlliance → British Crown during the American Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War

Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone) → traditionalAlliance → British Crown during the American Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Onyota’a:ka

this entity surface form: British Empire during the American Revolutionary War