French and Indian raids on New England during King George's War

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The French and Indian raids on New England during King George's War were a series of frontier attacks by French colonial forces and their Native American allies that devastated English settlements and heightened tensions leading to major military campaigns in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in King George's War ⓘ
frontier conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
cause alliance between New France and Native American tribes ⓘ
imperial rivalry between Britain and France in North America ⓘ
commander Abenaki war leaders ⓘ
Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay ⓘ
Paul Marin de la Malgue ⓘ
conflict King George's War ⓘ
country British America ⓘ
New France ⓘ
endTime 1748 ⓘ
hasPart Raid on Charlestown, New Hampshire (No. 4) ⓘ
Raid on Concord, New Hampshire (1746) ⓘ
Raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts (1746) ⓘ
linked to: Deerfield Massacre

Raid on Falmouth, Maine (Casco Bay) ⓘ
Raid on Fort Massachusetts (1746) ⓘ
Raid on Saratoga (1745) ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
inspired New England expedition against Louisbourg (1745) ⓘ
location New England ⓘ
frontier settlements of Maine ⓘ
frontier settlements of Massachusetts ⓘ
frontier settlements of New Hampshire ⓘ
northern British colonies in North America ⓘ
objective to capture prisoners for ransom or exchange ⓘ
to disrupt English settlement and expansion ⓘ
to weaken British colonial presence in New England ⓘ
opponent British Empire ⓘ
Province of Maine (Massachusetts District of Maine) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Maine

Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
participant Abenaki people ⓘ
linked to: Abenaki

British colonists in New England ⓘ
French colonial forces ⓘ
Maliseet people ⓘ
Mi'kmaq people ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq

New France ⓘ
Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
partOf King George's War ⓘ
result calls for large-scale expeditions against New France ⓘ
devastation of several New England frontier towns ⓘ
heightened fear and insecurity in New England colonies ⓘ
killing and capture of many New England colonists ⓘ
strengthening of New England militia defenses ⓘ
startTime 1744 ⓘ
usedWarfareType guerilla warfare ⓘ
scalping raids ⓘ
surprise attacks on frontier settlements ⓘ

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Siege of Louisbourg (1745) → precededBy → French and Indian raids on New England during King George's War ⓘ
Battle of Fort Loyal → partOf → French and Indian raids on New England ⓘ
linked to: French and Indian raids on New England during King George's War