Aroostook War

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The Aroostook War was a bloodless 19th-century border dispute between the United States and British North America over the Maine–New Brunswick boundary that was ultimately resolved through diplomacy.

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Generate an image of the Aroostook War (The Aroostook War was a bloodless 19th-century border dispute between the United States and British North America over the Maine–New Brunswick boundary that was ultimately resolved through diplomacy.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aroostook War canonical 18
Aroostook Conflict 1
Aroostook border dispute 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border dispute ⓘ
diplomatic conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aroostook Conflict ⓘ
linked to: Aroostook War

Pork and Beans War ⓘ
casualties no battle deaths reported ⓘ
cause ambiguous wording of the 1783 Treaty of Paris ⓘ
disputed Maine–New Brunswick boundary ⓘ
characteristic bloodless conflict ⓘ
militia mobilization without major fighting ⓘ
conflictBetween British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Province of New Brunswick ⓘ
State of Maine ⓘ
linked to: Maine

United States ⓘ
countryInvolved United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endDate 1839 ⓘ
followedBy final demarcation of northeastern U.S.–Canada border ⓘ
hasEffect clarification of Maine–Canada boundary ⓘ
reduction of Anglo-American tensions ⓘ
location Aroostook River valley ⓘ
linked to: Aroostook River

Maine ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Northeastern North America ⓘ
militaryForcesInvolved British Army ⓘ
Maine militia ⓘ
New Brunswick militia ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
partOf Anglo-American border disputes ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-American wars
precededBy earlier U.S.–British border disputes ⓘ
relatedTo Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
United States–Canada border ⓘ
Webster–Ashburton Treaty (1842) ⓘ
resolvedBy Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
diplomatic negotiations ⓘ
result Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
diplomatic settlement of Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ
no major combat ⓘ
significantPerson Daniel Webster ⓘ
John Fairfield ⓘ
Lord Ashburton ⓘ
Sir John Harvey ⓘ
startDate 1838 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
topic lumbering rights ⓘ
timber resources ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

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

Winfield Scott → participantIn → Aroostook War ⓘ
Aroostook War → alsoKnownAs → Aroostook Conflict ⓘ
linked to: Aroostook War
Anglo-American wars → hasPart → Aroostook War ⓘ
Caroline affair → relatedTo → Aroostook War ⓘ
Edward Kent → wasInOfficeDuring → Aroostook War ⓘ
Webster–Ashburton Treaty negotiations → chronologicallyFollows → Aroostook boundary crisis ⓘ
linked to: Aroostook War
Pork and Beans War → hasFormalName → Aroostook War ⓘ
Pork and Beans War → alsoKnownAs → Aroostook War ⓘ
Webster–Ashburton Treaty → conflictResolved → Aroostook War ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord Ashburton
John Fairfield → conflict → Aroostook War ⓘ
Sir John Harvey → conflict → Aroostook War ⓘ
New Brunswick militia → mobilizedDuring → Aroostook War ⓘ
New Brunswick militia → involvedIn → Aroostook War ⓘ
Fort Kent Blockhouse → significantEvent → Aroostook War ⓘ
Fort Kent Blockhouse → significantEvent → Aroostook border dispute ⓘ
linked to: Aroostook War
Fort Kent Blockhouse → conflict → Aroostook War ⓘ
Madawaska region → historicalEvent → Aroostook War ⓘ
Madawaska → historicalEvent → Aroostook War ⓘ