Pork and Beans War
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The Pork and Beans War, formally known as the Aroostook War, was a largely bloodless 1838–1839 border dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pork and Beans War canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3491157 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Pork and Beans War Context triple: [Aroostook War, alsoKnownAs, Pork and Beans War]
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A.
War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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B.
Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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C.
The Fighting American
The Fighting American is a patriotic comic book superhero created in the 1950s as a satirical response to anti-communist fervor and a counterpart to Captain America.
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D.
The War at Home
The War at Home is an American television sitcom that aired in the mid-2000s, focusing on the comedic struggles of a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
War of the Camps
The War of the Camps was a series of brutal mid-1980s sieges and battles in Lebanon in which the Amal Movement and its allies fought Palestinian factions for control of refugee camps during the Lebanese Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Pork and Beans War Target entity description: The Pork and Beans War, formally known as the Aroostook War, was a largely bloodless 1838–1839 border dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.
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A.
War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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B.
Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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C.
The Fighting American
The Fighting American is a patriotic comic book superhero created in the 1950s as a satirical response to anti-communist fervor and a counterpart to Captain America.
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D.
The War at Home
The War at Home is an American television sitcom that aired in the mid-2000s, focusing on the comedic struggles of a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
War of the Camps
The War of the Camps was a series of brutal mid-1980s sieges and battles in Lebanon in which the Amal Movement and its allies fought Palestinian factions for control of refugee camps during the Lebanese Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border conflict
ⓘ
diplomatic dispute ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Aroostook War ⓘ |
| belligerent |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
New Brunswick, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Province of New Brunswick
Maine ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| cause | disputed Maine–New Brunswick boundary ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryClaimingTerritory |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 1839 ⓘ |
| followedBy | final demarcation of the Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ |
| hasFormalName | Aroostook War ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Pork and Beans War ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
British Army
ⓘ
Maine militia ⓘ New Brunswick militia ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army
|
| involvesResource | timber ⓘ |
| involvesTerritory |
Aroostook County, Maine
ⓘ
surface form:
Aroostook County
northern Maine ⓘ western New Brunswick ⓘ |
| locatedOnBorderBetween |
Maine
ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ |
| location |
Aroostook River
ⓘ
surface form:
Aroostook River valley
Maine ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ |
| mainEconomicIssue | lumbering rights ⓘ |
| mediatedBy |
Daniel Webster
ⓘ
Lord Ashburton ⓘ |
| namedAfter | food rations of soldiers and loggers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absence of major battles
ⓘ
militia mobilization without large-scale combat ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pig War
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-American border disputes
|
| precededBy |
Treaty of Paris (1783)
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Paris 1783 boundary ambiguities
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| region | Northeastern North America ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Webster–Ashburton Treaty negotiations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Maine–New Brunswick border
ⓘ
surface form:
Maine–Canada border
Maine–New Brunswick border ⓘ |
| result | Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ |
| settledBy | Webster–Ashburton Treaty ⓘ |
| startDate | 1838 ⓘ |
| status | largely bloodless ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOfDispute | boundary dispute ⓘ |
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Subject: Pork and Beans War Description of subject: The Pork and Beans War, formally known as the Aroostook War, was a largely bloodless 1838–1839 border dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.
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