British campaign against New France

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military campaign theatre of the Seven Years' War

The British campaign against New France was a series of military operations during the Seven Years' War aimed at conquering French colonial territories in North America, culminating in the fall of key strongholds such as Quebec.

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Label	Occurrences
British conquest of New France	12
Conquest of New France	2
British campaign against New France canonical	1
British campaigns in the French and Indian War	1
British military operations in North America	1
North American theater of the Seven Years' War	1
Quebec campaign during the Seven Years' War	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T533312 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: British campaign against New France
Context triple: [Battle of Quebec (1759), campaign, British campaign against New France]

A. Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War was the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought between European colonial powers and their Native American allies in the early 18th century.
B. Invasion of Quebec (1775)
The Invasion of Quebec (1775) was an early American Revolutionary War campaign in which Continental Army forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to capture the British-controlled province of Quebec and rally its inhabitants against British rule.
C. King George's War
King George's War was the North American theater of the War of the Austrian Succession (1744–1748), marked by colonial conflicts between British and French forces and their Indigenous allies in New England and eastern Canada.
D. King William's War
King William's War was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), fought mainly between English and French colonial forces and their Indigenous allies.
E. War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: British campaign against New France
Target entity description: The British campaign against New France was a series of military operations during the Seven Years' War aimed at conquering French colonial territories in North America, culminating in the fall of key strongholds such as Quebec.

A. Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War was the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought between European colonial powers and their Native American allies in the early 18th century.
B. Invasion of Quebec (1775)
The Invasion of Quebec (1775) was an early American Revolutionary War campaign in which Continental Army forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to capture the British-controlled province of Quebec and rally its inhabitants against British rule.
C. King George's War
King George's War was the North American theater of the War of the Austrian Succession (1744–1748), marked by colonial conflicts between British and French forces and their Indigenous allies in New England and eastern Canada.
D. King William's War
King William's War was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), fought mainly between English and French colonial forces and their Indigenous allies.
E. War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British conquest of New France ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ New France ⓘ
chronology	followed by British military occupation of Canada ⓘ preceded by early frontier skirmishes in the Ohio Valley ⓘ
commander	James Wolfe ⓘ Jeffery Amherst ⓘ linked to: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ⓘ Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial ⓘ
conflict	Seven Years' War ⓘ
consequence	cession of Canada to Great Britain ⓘ expansion of British colonial territory in North America ⓘ reduction of French territorial presence in North America ⓘ
endTime	1760 ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Carillon (1758) ⓘ linked to: Battle of Carillon Battle of Fort Niagara ⓘ Battle of the Plains of Abraham ⓘ linked to: Battle of Quebec (1759) Battle of the Restigouche ⓘ Siege of Louisbourg (1758) ⓘ Siege of Montreal (1760) ⓘ Siege of Quebec (1759) ⓘ linked to: Battle of Quebec (1759)
involves	amphibious operations ⓘ naval blockade ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ
location	New France ⓘ North America ⓘ
objective	capture of Montreal ⓘ capture of Quebec ⓘ conquest of French colonial territories in North America ⓘ
opponent	Kingdom of France ⓘ
opposedBy	Canadian militia ⓘ French regular troops ⓘ Indigenous allies of France ⓘ
partOf	French and Indian War ⓘ linked to: French and Indian War (as part of British America)
result	British victory ⓘ end of French rule in most of North America ⓘ fall of Montreal ⓘ fall of Quebec ⓘ
startTime	1754 ⓘ
supportedBy	British regular army ⓘ linked to: British Army Royal Navy ⓘ provincial militias from British American colonies ⓘ
theatre	North American theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ linked to: French and Indian War (as part of British America)
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ

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