Plymouth Colony militia

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The Plymouth Colony militia was the armed citizen force of the Plymouth Colony in 17th-century New England, responsible for local defense and participation in regional conflicts such as King Philip's War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial militia ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alliedWith Connecticut Colony militia ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut militia

Massachusetts Bay Colony militia ⓘ
New Haven Colony militia ⓘ
commander Myles Standish ⓘ
commandStructure officers elected or appointed from colonists ⓘ
conflict Anglo–Native American conflicts in New England ⓘ
King Philip's War ⓘ
Pequot War ⓘ
early Anglo–Dutch tensions in New England ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Plymouth Colony ⓘ
dissolutionCause merger of Plymouth Colony into Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1691 ⓘ
duty mandatory service for able-bodied men ⓘ
endTime 1691 ⓘ
equipment flintlock muskets ⓘ
matchlock muskets ⓘ
pikes ⓘ
powder and shot ⓘ
swords ⓘ
garrisonDuty fortified meetinghouses ⓘ
palisaded towns ⓘ
garrisoned Plymouth Colony frontier settlements ⓘ
linked to: Plymouth Colony
headquartersLocation Plymouth ⓘ
historicalRegion Colonial New England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy precursor to Massachusetts colonial militia system ⓘ
legalBasis Plymouth Colony laws and ordinances ⓘ
location New England ⓘ
memberOf United Colonies of New England military arrangements ⓘ
militaryBranch land forces ⓘ
militaryStructure company-based organization ⓘ
notableCommander Myles Standish ⓘ
notableEvent participation in the Great Swamp Fight of 1675 ⓘ
operatedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
opposedTo Narragansett forces during King Philip's War ⓘ
Wampanoag forces during King Philip's War ⓘ
other Native American coalitions in southern New England ⓘ
partOf Plymouth Colony government ⓘ
linked to: Plymouth Colony
primaryRole frontier protection ⓘ
local defense ⓘ
participation in regional conflicts ⓘ
recruitment male settlers of military age ⓘ
religiousContext Puritan and Separatist colonial society ⓘ
startTime 1620s ⓘ
training periodic musters and drills ⓘ

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Great Swamp Fight → combatant → Plymouth Colony militia ⓘ
Thomas Hinckley → memberOf → Council of War of Plymouth Colony ⓘ
linked to: Plymouth Colony militia
Great Swamp Massacre → combatant → Plymouth Colony militia ⓘ
Matthew Fuller → militaryBranch → Plymouth Colony militia ⓘ
John Gorham → partOf → Plymouth Colony militia ⓘ