Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony)

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Falmouth, Maine (then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) was a 17th-century coastal settlement in northern New England that later became part of modern-day Portland, Maine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial settlement
former municipality
historic town
adjacentWaterBody Fore River (Maine)
Presumpscot River NERFINISHED
coast Atlantic Ocean
colonialStatus town of Massachusetts Bay Colony
conflictExperienced French–Native American wars
surface form: French and Indian Wars

King Philip's War
King William's War
country Kingdom of England
economyType fishing
lumber trade
maritime trade
foundedInCentury 17th century
governedBy Massachusetts colonial legislature
surface form: General Court of Massachusetts Bay
hadFortification Fort Loyal
hadSettlementType coastal town
seaport
hasPort Portland Harbor
laterWithin Commonwealth of Massachusetts NERFINISHED
District of Maine NERFINISHED
locatedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
New England
Province of Maine
locatedInPresentDay Falmouth, Maine
surface form: Falmouth, Maine (modern town)

Portland, Maine NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion northern New England
locatedOn Casco Bay NERFINISHED
modernSuccessorJurisdiction State of Maine NERFINISHED
originalNameOf Portland, Maine NERFINISHED
partiallyBecame Cape Elizabeth, Maine NERFINISHED
Falmouth, Maine
surface form: Falmouth, Maine (modern town)

South Portland, Maine NERFINISHED
Westbrook, Maine NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage English
religion Congregationalism
repeatedlyAttackedBy French forces
Wabanaki Confederacy
settledBy English colonists
strategicImportance frontier outpost between English and French spheres
urbanSuccessor city of Portland, Maine
wasDestroyedIn King Philip's War
King William's War

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George Burroughs residence Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony)