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American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.
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1775–1783 American war of independence from Great Britain
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Colonists loyal to Britain during the American Revolution
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Iroquois
Indigenous confederacy in North America
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Patriot (American Revolution)
Colonists who opposed British rule during the American Revolution
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Battle of Wyoming
1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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