Peach Tree War

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The Peach Tree War was a 1655 Native American attack led largely by the Wappinger and their allies against Dutch settlements in New Netherland, including New Amsterdam, in response to earlier Dutch violence and land disputes.

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Peach Tree War canonical 2
Peach War 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American–European conflict
conflict
alsoKnownAs Peach War
linked to: Peach Tree War
cause Dutch violence against Native Americans
earlier massacres of Native Americans by Dutch forces
expansion of Dutch settlements onto Native lands
land disputes between Dutch colonists and Native peoples
combatant Dutch colonial militia
Dutch settlers
Wappinger warriors
linked to: Wappinger people
conflictType war
consequence heightened tensions between Dutch colonists and Native nations in the region
increased Dutch fortification of New Amsterdam
negotiations for ransom and return of Dutch captives
endDate 1655-09-16
historicalPeriod Dutch colonial period in North America
historicalRegion Lower Hudson River Valley
linked to: Hudson Valley
involvedEthnicGroup Dutch colonists
Lenape people
linked to: Lenape

Wappinger people
location Manhattan Island
New Amsterdam
New Netherland
Pavonia
Staten Island
outlying Dutch farms near New Amsterdam
mainBelligerent Esopus
linked to: Esopus Creek

Lenape
Susquehannock allies
linked to: Susquehannock

Wappinger
namedAfter peach trees near attacked Dutch farms
opposingBelligerent Dutch West India Company
Dutch settlers in New Netherland
partOf colonial American history
history of New Netherland
primaryTarget Dutch settlements in and around New Amsterdam
isolated Dutch farmsteads
relatedEvent Dutch–Native American conflicts in the Hudson Valley
linked to: Kieft's War

Esopus Wars
linked to: Kieft's War

Kieft's War
result Native American victory in initial attacks
capture of Dutch settlers as prisoners
destruction of several Dutch farms and settlements
temporary weakening of Dutch control around New Amsterdam
startDate 1655-09-15
temporalLocation September 1655
territorialContext colony of New Netherland under Dutch rule

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Wappinger people conflict Peach Tree War
New Amsterdam period associatedEvent Peach Tree War
Peach Tree War alsoKnownAs Peach War
linked to: Peach Tree War