New England Confederation

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The New England Confederation was a 17th-century military and political alliance of several English colonies in New England formed for mutual defense and cooperation.

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Generate an image of the New England Confederation (The New England Confederation was a 17th-century military and political alliance of several English colonies in New England formed for mutual defense and cooperation.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
intercolonial alliance ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United Colonies of New England ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New Haven Colony ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country English colonial America ⓘ
linked to: Colonial America
decisionRule majority vote of commissioners ⓘ
dissolved 1684 ⓘ
excludedColony New Hampshire ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
followedBy Dominion of New England ⓘ
foundedBy English colonists in New England ⓘ
foundingDocument Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England ⓘ
governmentForm confederation ⓘ
hasActivity allocation of war expenses among colonies ⓘ
coordination of military campaigns ⓘ
extradition of criminals between member colonies ⓘ
joint diplomacy with Native American tribes ⓘ
settlement of intercolonial disputes ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 4 ⓘ
hasOfficialName The United Colonies of New England ⓘ
hasOrgan federal commissioners ⓘ
hasPurpose collective security against external threats ⓘ
coordination in wars against the Dutch ⓘ
coordination in wars against the French ⓘ
coordination of colonial policy ⓘ
mutual defense ⓘ
regulation of relations with Native American tribes ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
Colonial America ⓘ
inception 1643 ⓘ
inspired later American confederal ideas ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn New England ⓘ
member Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New Haven Colony ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
numberOfCommissionersPerColony 2 ⓘ
politicalIdeology Puritan political thought ⓘ
precededBy informal cooperation among New England colonies ⓘ
reasonForFormation threats from Dutch colonies ⓘ
threats from French colonies ⓘ
threats from Native American groups ⓘ
religion Puritanism ⓘ

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King Philip's War → mainBelligerent → New England Confederation ⓘ
Saybrook Colony → partOf → New England Confederation ⓘ
New England Confederation → hasOfficialName → The United Colonies of New England ⓘ
linked to: New England Confederation
New England Confederation → alsoKnownAs → United Colonies of New England ⓘ
linked to: New England Confederation
Metacomet → opponent → New England Confederation ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip
Thomas Prence → memberOf → United Colonies of New England commissioners ⓘ
linked to: New England Confederation
Great Swamp Massacre → belligerent → United Colonies of New England ⓘ
linked to: New England Confederation
Commissioner of the United Colonies → partOf → New England Confederation ⓘ
Commissioner of the United Colonies → appliesToJurisdiction → United Colonies of New England ⓘ
linked to: New England Confederation
Commissioner of the United Colonies → partOf → intercolonial council of the New England Confederation ⓘ
linked to: New England Confederation
Commissioner of the United Colonies → basedOn → articles of confederation of the United Colonies of New England ⓘ
linked to: New England Confederation