Falls Fight

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Falls Fight is an alternative name for the Turner's Falls massacre, a 1676 attack during King Philip's War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native Americans near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
alternateName Turner's Falls massacre ⓘ
combatant English colonial militia ⓘ
Native American inhabitants of the village near Turners Falls ⓘ
conflict King Philip's War ⓘ
country Colonial America ⓘ
date 1676 ⓘ
hasAftermath increased tensions between English colonists and Native American groups in the region ⓘ
hasApproximateCasualties large number of Native Americans killed ⓘ
hasCause escalating conflict between English colonists and Native Americans in New England ⓘ
hasEthnicGroupTargeted Native Americans in the Connecticut River Valley ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext colonial expansion into Native American lands in New England ⓘ
hasType colonial–Native American conflict ⓘ
surprise attack ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Franklin County, Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Connecticut River ⓘ
location near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts ⓘ
namedAfter Turners Falls ⓘ
partOf King Philip's War ⓘ
perpetrator English colonial forces ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
result English colonial victory ⓘ
significance one of the deadliest attacks on Native Americans in King Philip's War ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
victim Native Americans ⓘ

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