Treaty of Fort Jackson

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The Treaty of Fort Jackson was an 1814 agreement imposed by the United States on the Creek (Muscogee) Nation that forced the cession of millions of acres of their ancestral lands in the Southeast following the Creek War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical treaty ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
affectedPeople Creek Nation ⓘ
Muscogee people ⓘ
settlers in the American Southeast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fort Jackson Treaty ⓘ
category 1814 treaties ⓘ
Treaties of the United States and Native American tribes ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates Andrew Jackson ⓘ
consequence expansion of United States territory in the Southeast ⓘ
facilitated American settlement in Alabama and Georgia ⓘ
loss of ancestral lands for the Creek Nation ⓘ
weakened Creek political and military power ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1814-08-09 ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
imposedBy United States government ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalForm bilateral treaty ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the United States ⓘ
locationSigned Alabama Territory ⓘ
Fort Jackson ⓘ
namedAfter Fort Jackson ⓘ
negotiatedBy Andrew Jackson ⓘ
opponent Red Stick faction of the Creek ⓘ
partyRepresentedBy Cherokee allies of the United States ⓘ
Lower Creek leaders ⓘ
linked to: Lower Creeks

Tennessee militia ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
powerImbalance imposed terms on defeated Creek Nation ⓘ
precedes Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
region Creek ancestral homeland ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
relatedConflict Battle of Horseshoe Bend ⓘ
relatedEvent United States Indian removal policy ⓘ
resultOf Creek War ⓘ
War of 1812-era conflicts in the Southeast ⓘ
signatory Creek Nation ⓘ
Muscogee Nation ⓘ
United States ⓘ
subject land cession ⓘ
postwar settlement ⓘ
relations between United States and Native American nations ⓘ
territorialCession large areas of present-day Alabama ⓘ
large areas of present-day Georgia ⓘ
over 20 million acres of Creek land ⓘ
yearSigned 1814 ⓘ

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

Creek (Muscogee) Nation → signedTreaty → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Creek War (1813–1814) → consequence → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Red Stick War → relatedTo → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Fort Jackson (Alabama) → significantEvent → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson (Alabama) → associatedWithDocument → Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort Jackson
linked to: Treaty of Fort Jackson
Upper Creeks → treatySubjectOf → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Battle of Horseshoe Bend → consequence → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Red Stick faction of the Creek → resultOfDefeat → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Fort Mims massacre → aftermath → Treaty of Fort Jackson land cessions by the Creek ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Fort Jackson
Red Stick uprising → hasEffect → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Creek ancestral homeland → affectedByEvent → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Creek → signedTreaty → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Battle of Enotachopco Creek → relatedTo → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Red Stick Creeks → treatyConsequence → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ
Lower Creek people → signedTreaty → Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Fort Jackson
Creek–American relations → includesAgreement → Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Fort Jackson
Creek Indian territory → affectedByEvent → Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ