British posts in the Old Northwest

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British posts in the Old Northwest were a network of late-18th-century British military and trading forts in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that served as strategic bases for controlling territory and influencing Native American alliances after the American Revolution.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical entity ⓘ
network of military forts ⓘ
after American Revolution ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Anishinaabe peoples ⓘ
linked to: Anishinabek

Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
economicActivity fur trade ⓘ
hasPart Fort Chartres ⓘ
Fort Detroit ⓘ
Fort Erie ⓘ
linked to: Fort Erie, Ontario

Fort Haldimand ⓘ
Fort Kaskaskia ⓘ
Fort Lernoult ⓘ
Fort Mackinac ⓘ
Fort Miami ⓘ
Fort Michilimackinac ⓘ
Fort Niagara ⓘ
Fort Oswegatchie ⓘ
linked to: Fort Stanwix

Fort Ouiatenon ⓘ
Fort Sandusky ⓘ
Fort St. Joseph (Michigan) ⓘ
Fort Vincennes ⓘ
historicalRegionNowCorrespondsTo Northwest Territory of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory
influenced Native American resistance to U.S. settlement ⓘ
locatedIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
Ohio Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region

Old Northwest ⓘ
maintainedDespite Treaty of Paris 1783 cession of the Northwest Territory to the United States ⓘ
purpose control of fur trade ⓘ
deterrence of United States expansion ⓘ
influence over Native American alliances ⓘ
projection of British military power ⓘ
regionNowPartOf United States ⓘ
states around the Great Lakes ⓘ
significantEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Jay Treaty ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
Treaty of Paris 1783 ⓘ
strategicFunction buffer zone between British Canada and the United States ⓘ
control of key waterways ⓘ
temporalCoverage late 18th century ⓘ
usedBy British Army ⓘ
British Indian Department ⓘ
withdrawalTriggeredBy Jay Treaty ⓘ

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Henry Hamilton → regionGoverned → British posts in the Old Northwest ⓘ
Fort Kaskaskia → associatedWith → British forces in the Illinois Country ⓘ
linked to: British posts in the Old Northwest