Dummer's War

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Dummer's War was an early 18th-century conflict in New England between British colonial forces and the Wabanaki Confederacy allied with New France, fought largely over territorial expansion and control of the Maine and Acadia regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo–French conflict
Native American conflict
war
belligerent Abenaki NERFINISHED
British colonial forces
Maliseet NERFINISHED
Mi'kmaq NERFINISHED
New France NERFINISHED
Penobscot NERFINISHED
Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED
Province of New Hampshire NERFINISHED
Wabanaki Confederacy NERFINISHED
conflictIn 18th century
conflictType frontier warfare
effect affirmation of British control over Nova Scotia
further displacement of Wabanaki peoples
strengthening of British claims in Maine
endTime 1725
followedBy King George's War NERFINISHED
hasAlias Father Rale's War NERFINISHED
Fourth Indian War NERFINISHED
Lovewell's War NERFINISHED
Three Years War NERFINISHED
hasCause British colonial territorial expansion
competition over fisheries and fur trade
conflicting land claims between New England and New France
disputes over control of Acadia
disputes over control of Maine
encroachment on Wabanaki lands
hasCommander Father Sébastien Rale NERFINISHED
John Lovewell NERFINISHED
William Dummer NERFINISHED
location Acadia NERFINISHED
Maine NERFINISHED
New Brunswick NERFINISHED
New England NERFINISHED
Nova Scotia NERFINISHED
namedAfter William Dummer NERFINISHED
notableEvent Battle of Norridgewock NERFINISHED
Lovewell's Fight at Pequawket NERFINISHED
death of Father Rale at Norridgewock
opposedIdeology British Protestant expansionism
French Catholic missionary influence
outcome British colonial victory
partOf Anglo–French wars in North America NERFINISHED
colonial wars in North America
precededBy Queen Anne's War NERFINISHED
primaryTheater northern New England frontier
result Treaty of 1725 NERFINISHED
Treaty of Boston NERFINISHED
startTime 1722
supportedBy French missionaries

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Father Rale's War hasAlternativeName Dummer's War
this entity surface form: Fourth Anglo-Abenaki War
Father Rale's War hasAlternativeName Dummer's War
this entity surface form: Wabanaki-New England War of 1722–1725