Newburgh Conspiracy

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The Newburgh Conspiracy was a 1783 plot by discontented Continental Army officers, frustrated over unpaid wages and pensions, that threatened a potential military challenge to civilian authority near the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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Newburgh Conspiracy canonical 5
Newburgh Conspiracy events 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century event ⓘ
event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
political conspiracy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Newburgh Address crisis ⓘ
linked to: Newburgh Address
hasCause unpaid pensions of Continental Army officers ⓘ
unpaid wages of Continental Army officers ⓘ
hasConsequence precedent for civilian supremacy in the United States ⓘ
strengthening of George Washington’s reputation ⓘ
hasContext demobilization of the Continental Army ⓘ
financial weakness of the Confederation government ⓘ
hasCountry United States ⓘ
hasDate 1783 ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Confederation era of United States history ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early test of republican government’s control over the military ⓘ
hasKeyDocument First Newburgh Address ⓘ
linked to: Newburgh Address

Second Newburgh Address ⓘ
linked to: Newburgh Address
hasKeyEvent Newburgh officers’ meeting of March 15, 1783 ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLegacy cited as an example of Washington refusing dictatorial power ⓘ
used in scholarship on military coups and their prevention ⓘ
hasLocation Newburgh, New York ⓘ
hasMainLocation army cantonment at Newburgh, New York ⓘ
hasMotivation securing arrears of pay ⓘ
securing lifetime half-pay pensions ⓘ
hasNature potential military challenge to civilian authority ⓘ
hasOutcome affirmation of civilian control of the military ⓘ
increased pressure on Congress to address army pay ⓘ
no military coup occurred ⓘ
hasRegion Hudson River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley
hasRelatedConcept civil-military relations in the United States ⓘ
pensions for Revolutionary War veterans ⓘ
hasRelatedEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
hasRelatedOrganization Continental Army ⓘ
Continental Congress ⓘ
hasTimePeriod end of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
hasTypeOfGrievance financial grievance ⓘ
political grievance ⓘ
involves Continental Army officers ⓘ
Continental Congress ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
isDocumentedIn letters and addresses circulated among Continental Army officers ⓘ
wasDefusedBy George Washington’s speech to his officers ⓘ

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

Newburgh Letters → associatedWithEvent → Newburgh Conspiracy ⓘ
Newburgh army cantonment → significantEvent → Newburgh Conspiracy ⓘ
Newburgh Address → follows → Newburgh Conspiracy ⓘ
Newburgh Address → relatedTo → Newburgh Conspiracy ⓘ
George Washington's Newburgh speech → partOf → Newburgh Conspiracy events ⓘ
linked to: Newburgh Conspiracy