Battle of Sedgemoor

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath increased repression of dissenters
suppression of Monmouth's rebellion
Monmouth was executed
gptkbp:casualties Royalists: approximately 1,000
Parliamentarians: approximately 100
approximately 1,000 Royalists
approximately 100 government forces
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Royalists
Parliamentarians
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Duke_of_Monmouth
gptkb:Lord_Feversham
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:memorials
gptkbp:commemoration memorials in Somerset
gptkbp:cultural_references in literature and art
gptkbp:date July 6, 1685
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:historical_texts
gptkb:artworks
gptkbp:fought_against Westonzoyland
July 6, 1685
gptkbp:fought_in the English Civil War context
gptkbp:historical_analysis studied in military history
examined in military history studies
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Monmouth_Rebellion
part of the Monmouth Rebellion
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:William_Penn
gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:William_of_Orange
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Colonel_James_A._Garfield
gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkb:Daniel_Defoe
gptkb:James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Sir_Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:William_H._H._Mc_Kinley
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Gerald_R._Ford
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:James_II_of_England
gptkb:John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:John_Bunyan
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:Henry_Somerset,_1st_Marquess_of_Worcester
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Warren_Harding
gptkb:Charles_II_of_England
gptkb:Richard_Talbot
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:Jonathan_Swift
gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:Charles_Talbot,_1st_Earl_Talbot
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:George_Fox
gptkb:Thomas_Bloodworth
gptkb:James_Polk_Jr.
gptkb:Lord_Grey_of_Wark
gptkb:William_Feversham,_1st_Viscount_Feversham
Edward Russell, Admiral of the Fleet
Henry Compton, Bishop of London
gptkbp:historical_impact increased repression of dissenters
led to the execution of Monmouth
led to the consolidation of James II's power
gptkbp:historical_source gptkb:government_documents
academic studies
historical analyses
historical novels
contemporary accounts
documentary films
military records
letters and diaries
newspaper reports
biographies of participants
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Sedgemoor
gptkbp:influenced_by political rivalries
religious tensions
European military tactics
gptkbp:involved local militia
foreign mercenaries
gptkbp:legacy symbol of the struggle against tyranny
inspired later historical interpretations
gptkbp:location Sedgemoor, Somerset, England
gptkbp:notable_event last major battle in England before 1745
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Henry_Somerset,_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort
gptkb:William_of_Orange
gptkb:James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth
John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough
gptkbp:outcome Monmouth's defeat
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Monmouth_Rebellion
gptkbp:primary_source contemporary accounts
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:the_Glorious_Revolution
Monmouth's landing in England
the Duke of Monmouth's claim to the throne
the subsequent trials of rebels
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Glorious_Revolution
gptkb:Jacobite_risings
gptkbp:result decisive government victory
gptkbp:significance last battle fought on English soil
gptkbp:strategic_goals Royalist defeat
gptkbp:strategic_importance control of the West Country
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:cavalry_charges
infantry formations
cavalry charge
gptkbp:terrain marshy ground
gptkbp:weather_conditions rainy and muddy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Duke_of_Somerset
gptkb:Joan_of_Arc
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4