Fox Wars (1712–1733)

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The Fox Wars (1712–1733) were a series of violent conflicts in the Great Lakes region between the Meskwaki (Fox) people and French colonial forces and their Native allies, driven largely by competition over trade routes and territorial control.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
First Fox War 1
Fox Wars (1712–1733) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fox–French Wars ⓘ
Meskwaki Wars ⓘ
conflictBetween France ⓘ
French colonial forces in New France ⓘ
Meskwaki people ⓘ
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)

Native American allies of the French ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of France ⓘ
endTime 1733 ⓘ
hasCause French efforts to secure trade between Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley ⓘ
competition over fur trade routes ⓘ
control of strategic river corridors ⓘ
territorial disputes ⓘ
hasPart First Fox War ⓘ
Second Fox War ⓘ
linked to: Meskwaki Wars
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
indigenousGroupInvolved Huron ⓘ
Menominee ⓘ
Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Sauk (Sac) ⓘ
linked to: Sauk
location Great Lakes region ⓘ
New France ⓘ
mainBelligerent French colonial forces ⓘ
French-allied Native nations ⓘ
Meskwaki people ⓘ
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
opponent French colonial authorities in Canada ⓘ
French-allied tribes such as the Huron ⓘ
French-allied tribes such as the Menominee ⓘ
French-allied tribes such as the Ojibwe ⓘ
French-allied tribes such as the Potawatomi ⓘ
Meskwaki people ⓘ
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
participant Governor Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois ⓘ
Governor Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil ⓘ
partOf French and Indian Wars (broad colonial context) ⓘ
relatedTo French expansion into the Mississippi Valley ⓘ
fur trade in the Great Lakes ⓘ
result defeat of the Meskwaki as a military power in the region ⓘ
dispersal of many Meskwaki people from their homelands ⓘ
enslavement and deportation of some Meskwaki captives ⓘ
heavy casualties among the Meskwaki ⓘ
strengthening of French control over Great Lakes trade routes ⓘ
significantEvent battle near Green Bay ⓘ
massacre of Fox refugees near Starved Rock (1730) ⓘ
siege of Fort Detroit (1712) ⓘ
startTime 1712 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Meskwaki → timePeriodOfConflict → Fox Wars (1712–1733) ⓘ
subject linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
Fox Wars (1712–1733) → hasPart → First Fox War ⓘ
linked to: Fox Wars (1712–1733)