Patriot War

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The Patriot War was a series of 1837–1838 border conflicts and raids along the U.S.–Canada frontier, driven by American sympathizers supporting Canadian rebels against British rule.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Patriot War canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
border conflict ⓘ
rebellion-related conflict ⓘ
cause opposition to British colonial rule in Canada ⓘ
support for the Lower Canada Rebellion ⓘ
support for the Upper Canada Rebellion ⓘ
conflictType border raids ⓘ
insurgency support operation ⓘ
country Canada (as British North American colonies) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Canada

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime 1838 ⓘ
followedBy Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ
hasPart Battle of the Short Hills ⓘ
Battle of the Windmill ⓘ
Caroline affair ⓘ
Navy Island campaign ⓘ
Prescott raid ⓘ
involved American sympathizers ⓘ
Irish-American activists ⓘ
veterans of the War of 1812 ⓘ
legalConsequence U.S. enforcement of neutrality laws ⓘ
location Great Lakes region ⓘ
Lower Canada ⓘ
Michigan Territory ⓘ
New York (state) ⓘ
linked to: New York State

United States–Canada border ⓘ
Upper Canada ⓘ
Vermont ⓘ
mainBelligerent British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Hunter Lodges ⓘ
Patriot Army ⓘ
linked to: Patriot forces

Province of Lower Canada ⓘ
linked to: Lower Canada

Province of Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Upper Canada

United Kingdom ⓘ
opposedBy British Army ⓘ
British colonial authorities ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
partOf history of British North America ⓘ
history of United States–Canada relations ⓘ
relatedTo Lower Canada Rebellion ⓘ
Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
Upper Canada Rebellion ⓘ
result failure of Patriot incursions ⓘ
increased border security ⓘ
strengthening of U.S.–British diplomatic efforts ⓘ
significantEvent Caroline affair ⓘ
destruction of the steamer Caroline ⓘ
startTime 1837 ⓘ
supported Canadian rebels ⓘ
temporalContext 1830s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Anglo-American wars → hasPart → Patriot War ⓘ