British campaigns against French Acadia

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The British campaigns against French Acadia were a series of early 18th-century military operations aimed at wresting control of the Acadian region from France during the wider struggle for dominance in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-French conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
commandedAgainstBy Daniel d’Auger de Subercase ⓘ
commandedBy Francis Nicholson ⓘ
Samuel Vetch ⓘ
conflictBetween Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endCause Treaty of Utrecht (1713) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Utrecht
followedBy British efforts to consolidate control over Nova Scotia ⓘ
later tensions leading to the Acadian Expulsion ⓘ
hasComponent New England expeditions against Acadian settlements ⓘ
Queen Anne’s War operations in Acadia ⓘ
Siege of Port Royal (1707) ⓘ
Siege of Port Royal (1710) ⓘ
naval operations in the Bay of Fundy ⓘ
hasContext Queen Anne’s War ⓘ
linked to: Queen Anne's War

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Acadian militia ⓘ
British colonial forces ⓘ
French colonial forces ⓘ
Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
hasMainObjective wrest control of Acadia from France ⓘ
hasOutcome British conquest of mainland Acadia ⓘ
fall of Port Royal in 1710 ⓘ
transfer of Acadia to Britain by treaty ⓘ
hasTimePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
historicalRegionTargeted parts of present-day Maine ⓘ
parts of present-day New Brunswick ⓘ
present-day Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedIn Acadia ⓘ
Northeastern North America ⓘ
opposedBy Acadian settlers ⓘ
French garrison at Port Royal ⓘ
Mi’kmaq warriors ⓘ
linked to: Mi'kmaq warriors
partOf Anglo-French wars in North America ⓘ
struggle for dominance in North America ⓘ
relatedToTreaty Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
resultedIn continued French presence in Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) ⓘ
continued French presence in Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) ⓘ
decline of French political control in Acadia ⓘ
establishment of British Nova Scotia ⓘ
strategicObjective limit French alliance networks with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
protect New England fisheries and trade ⓘ
secure approaches to the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
supportedBy New England colonies ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ

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

Samuel Vetch → participantIn → British campaigns against French Acadia ⓘ
French colony of Acadia → significantEvent → British conquest of Acadia in 1710 ⓘ
linked to: British campaigns against French Acadia
Acadian nationalism → hasHistoricalContext → British conquest of Acadia ⓘ
linked to: British campaigns against French Acadia
Phips' capture of Port Royal → partOf → New England military operations against New France ⓘ
linked to: British campaigns against French Acadia
British campaigns against French Acadia → hasComponent → New England expeditions against Acadian settlements ⓘ
linked to: British campaigns against French Acadia