Pennamite–Yankee War
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The Pennamite–Yankee Wars or Yankee–Pennamite Wars were a series of conflicts consisting of the First Pennamite War (1769–1770), the Second Pennamite War (1774), and the Third Pennamite War (1784), in which settlers from Connecticut (Yankees) and Pennsylvania (Pennamites) disputed for control of the Wyoming Valley along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. Both colonies and later states declared that their original land grants gave them control of this territory.[1]
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Pennamite–Yankee War | |||||||
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Part of American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Pennsylvania and the competing land claims of other states | |||||||
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Pennsylvania Pennamites | Connecticut Yankees | ||||||
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Captain Christie | John Franklin | ||||||
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Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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1 killed | 2 killed |
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