Tuscarora War

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The Tuscarora War was an early 18th-century conflict in colonial North Carolina between European settlers and the Tuscarora people that led to the tribe’s defeat and migration northward.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Tuscarora Indian War
linked to: Tuscarora War
belligerent Province of North Carolina militia
South Carolina militia
Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora

Yamasee allies of the colonists
various allied tribes against the Tuscarora
conflictType Native American–European conflict
consequence Tuscarora becoming the Sixth Nation of the Iroquois
Tuscarora joining the Iroquois Confederacy
Tuscarora migration to New York
weakening of Native power in coastal North Carolina
country Kingdom of Great Britain (colonial authority)
endDate 1715
era early 18th century
followedBy Yamasee War
hasCause abuse by colonial traders
encroachment on Tuscarora lands
slave raiding against Tuscarora people
trade disputes
historicalRegion Thirteen Colonies
keyBattle Fort Narhantes
Fort Neoheroka
languageOfParties English
Tuscarora language
mainCombatant British colonists in North Carolina
Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora

allied Native American tribes
notableEvent attack on Swiss and Palatine settlers at New Bern in 1711
battle of Fort Neoheroka
siege of Fort Narhantes
notableLeader Chief Hancock
Chief Tom Blount
Colonel James Moore Jr.
Colonel John Barnwell
opponentOf Province of North Carolina
Tuscarora people
linked to: Tuscarora
outcome enslavement of many captured Tuscarora
large casualties among the Tuscarora
partOf Native American wars
colonial wars in North America
place Province of North Carolina
colonial North Carolina
relatedTo Queen Anne's War
result Tuscarora migration northward
defeat of the Tuscarora
opening of Tuscarora lands to colonial settlement
startDate 1711

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Province of North Carolina event Tuscarora War
Tuscarora War alsoKnownAs Tuscarora Indian War
linked to: Tuscarora War
Yamasee War precededBy Tuscarora War
Province of Carolina involvedIn Tuscarora War
Tuscarora historicalEvent Tuscarora War
Chief Hancock conflict Tuscarora War
Fort Neoheroka conflict Tuscarora War
Fort Neoheroka partOf Tuscarora War
Fort Narhantes usedDuringConflict Tuscarora War
Fort Narhantes conflict Tuscarora War
siege of Fort Narhantes partOf Tuscarora War
siege of Fort Narhantes relatedTo Tuscarora War
Chief Tom Blount conflict Tuscarora War
Chief Tom Blount conflict Tuscarora War (1711–1715)
linked to: Tuscarora War
North Carolina Colony conflict Tuscarora War
Christoph von Graffenried wroteAbout Tuscarora War