Fenian Raids

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The Fenian Raids were a series of armed incursions into British North America by Irish-American nationalists in the 1860s, aimed at pressuring Britain to withdraw from Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish nationalist movement ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
conflictType cross-border raid ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedBySource Canadian military histories ⓘ
Irish nationalist histories ⓘ
endTime 1871 ⓘ
goal to capture territory in British North America as leverage for Irish independence ⓘ
to force the United Kingdom to negotiate Irish independence ⓘ
hasCause Irish nationalism ⓘ
desire to pressure Britain to withdraw from Ireland ⓘ
hasLocation British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Campobello Island, New Brunswick ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Fort Erie, Ontario ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Niagara Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Region

Pigeon Hill, Quebec ⓘ
Province of Canada (Canada East and Canada West) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Canada

Ridgeway, Ontario ⓘ
hasPart 1870 Fenian incursion at Trout River ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids

1870 Fenian invasion attempt at Eccles Hill ⓘ
1871 Fenian incursion at Pembina ⓘ
Battle of Fort Erie (1866) ⓘ
Battle of Ridgeway ⓘ
Campobello Island raid ⓘ
Pigeon Hill raid ⓘ
hasParticipant British Army ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
Fenian Brotherhood ⓘ
Irish-American nationalists ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Newfoundland Colony ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
Province of Canada ⓘ
United States veterans of the American Civil War ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
languageOfContext English ⓘ
opponent British Empire ⓘ
Canadian militia forces ⓘ
New Brunswick colonial forces ⓘ
Newfoundland colonial forces ⓘ
Nova Scotia colonial forces ⓘ
Province of Canada ⓘ
organizedBy Fenian Brotherhood ⓘ
partOf Fenian movement ⓘ
significantConsequence contributed to the formation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867 ⓘ
heightened tensions between the United States and Britain ⓘ
increased support for Canadian Confederation ⓘ
strengthening of Canadian militia system ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Ridgeway ⓘ
startTime 1866 ⓘ
temporalContext post–American Civil War period ⓘ
used surplus American Civil War weapons ⓘ

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

Canadian militia → engagedIn → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Fenian Raids → hasPart → 1870 Fenian incursion at Trout River ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Alexander Muir → militaryConflict → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Fenian movement → hasKeyEvent → Fenian raids on Canada ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Fenian Brotherhood → notableEvent → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Fenian Brotherhood → carriedOut → Fenian Raids into Canada ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Fenian Brotherhood → carriedOut → 1866 Fenian Raid on Canada ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Fenian Brotherhood → carriedOut → 1870 Fenian Raid on Canada ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Ridgeway, Ontario → knownFor → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Battle of Ridgeway → conflictOf → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Battle of Ridgeway → partOf → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Battle of Fort Erie (1866) → partOf → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Battle of Fort Erie (1866) → conflict → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Pigeon Hill raid → partOf → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Pigeon Hill raid → result → Fenian withdrawal ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Campobello Island raid → partOf → Fenian Raids ⓘ
Campobello Island raid → partOf → Fenian invasion attempts of British North America ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Campobello Island raid → result → Fenian withdrawal ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Campobello Island raid → relatedTo → Fenian invasion of New Brunswick ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids
Campobello Island raid → relatedTo → Fenian invasion of Canada West ⓘ
linked to: Fenian Raids