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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Iroquois refugees fled to Canada
long-term devastation of Iroquois lands
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Sullivan-Clinton_Expedition
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gptkbp:casualties
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relatively few direct battle casualties
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:John_Sullivan
gptkb:James_Clinton
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gptkbp:date
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1779
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gptkbp:debatedBy
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considered by some as an act of ethnic cleansing
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sullivan Expedition
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:New_York
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Iroquois_territory
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gptkbp:notableFor
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burning of over 40 Iroquois villages
destruction of crops and food stores
scorched earth tactics
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gptkbp:numberOfTroops
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about 4,000 Continental soldiers
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:British_Loyalists
Iroquois warriors
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gptkbp:order
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gptkb:George_Washington
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
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gptkbp:purpose
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destroy Iroquois villages and crops
retaliation for Iroquois and Loyalist raids
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Wyoming_Massacre
gptkb:Cherry_Valley_Massacre
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gptkbp:result
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destruction of Iroquois settlements
displacement of Iroquois people
weakening of Iroquois Confederacy
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gptkbp:significance
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major campaign against Native Americans during the Revolutionary War
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gptkbp:target
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gptkb:Iroquois_Confederacy
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Sullivan
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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