Treaty of Holston (1791)

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The Treaty of Holston (1791) was an agreement between the United States and the Cherokee Nation that established boundaries, affirmed U.S. protection over Cherokee lands, and sought to regulate trade and relations in the early American frontier.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Treaty of Holston 3
Treaty of Holston (1791) canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Cherokee lands ⓘ
Southwest Territory ⓘ
present-day Tennessee ⓘ
category 1791 treaties ⓘ
Treaties involving the Cherokee ⓘ
Treaties of the United States government ⓘ
commissioner William Blount ⓘ
conflictContext post–American Revolutionary War frontier conflicts ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1791-07-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroupParty Cherokee ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Tellico (1798) ⓘ
follows Treaty of Hopewell (1785) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Hopewell
historicalPeriod Early national period of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus ratified treaty ⓘ
locationSigned Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
mainSubject Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ
U.S. protection of Cherokee lands ⓘ
boundary delimitation ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
trade regulation ⓘ
namedAfter Holston River ⓘ
negotiatedUnderAdministrationOf George Washington ⓘ
partOf United States–Cherokee treaty series ⓘ
party Cherokee Nation ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
providedFor Cherokee acknowledgment of U.S. sovereignty ⓘ
U.S. protection of Cherokee from encroachments ⓘ
establishment of boundary lines between U.S. settlers and Cherokee ⓘ
regulation of trade with licensed traders ⓘ
purpose to affirm U.S. protection over Cherokee lands ⓘ
to establish boundaries between the United States and the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
to maintain peace on the early American frontier ⓘ
to regulate trade with the Cherokee ⓘ
ratifyingBody United States Senate ⓘ
requiredFrom Cherokee Nation ⓘ
United States ⓘ
requiredFromCherokee cessions of certain lands ⓘ
recognition of U.S. protection ⓘ
requiredFromUnitedStates guarantee of remaining Cherokee lands ⓘ
provision of goods and annuities ⓘ
signatory Cherokee Nation ⓘ
United States ⓘ
signedAt Holston River ⓘ
signingPresident George Washington ⓘ
topic Native American treaties of the United States ⓘ
yearSigned 1791 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cherokee Nation (historical) → significantTreaty → Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ
United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Holston ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Holston (1791)
Treaty of Hopewell → relatedTo → Treaty of Holston ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Holston (1791)
Cherokee–United States relations → significantEvent → Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ
Treaty of Tellico (1798) → follows → Treaty of Holston ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Holston (1791)
United States–Cherokee treaty series → hasPart → Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ