Phips' capture of Port Royal

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Phips' capture of Port Royal was a 1690 New England colonial expedition in which Sir William Phips seized the French stronghold of Port Royal in Acadia during King William’s War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in King William's War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New England Colonies ⓘ
belligerent Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Province of Acadia ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes recapture of Port Royal by French forces ⓘ
commander Sir William Phips ⓘ
conflict King William's War ⓘ
conflictType colonial warfare in North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource French colonial correspondence from Acadia ⓘ
contemporary New England colonial records ⓘ
followedBy Phips' expedition against Quebec (1690) ⓘ
hasCause Anglo-French rivalry in North America ⓘ
outbreak of King William's War in North America ⓘ
hasEffect disruption of French control in Acadia ⓘ
plundering of Port Royal settlement ⓘ
temporary English occupation of Port Royal ⓘ
hasPart siege of Port Royal (1690) ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
French ⓘ
location Port Royal, Acadia ⓘ
linked to: Port-Royal (Acadia)

present-day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ
militaryObjective capture of the French stronghold at Port Royal ⓘ
namedAfter Sir William Phips ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest major New England offensives against New France ⓘ
leading to the brief English control of Port Royal in 1690 ⓘ
opponent French colonial forces in Acadia ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
opponentCommander Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval ⓘ
participant Massachusetts Bay Colony forces ⓘ
New England colonial militia ⓘ
Sir William Phips ⓘ
partOf New England military operations against New France ⓘ
Nine Years' War ⓘ
pointInTime 1690 ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
significantPlace Acadia ⓘ
Bay of Fundy ⓘ
startTime May 1690 ⓘ
usedForceType land forces ⓘ
naval expedition ⓘ

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Battle of Port Royal (1690) → alsoKnownAs → Phips' capture of Port Royal ⓘ
New England expeditionary force → notableOperation → expedition against Port Royal ⓘ
linked to: Phips' capture of Port Royal