Treaty of 1796
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The Treaty of 1796 was an agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people that further defined land cessions and boundaries in what is now Maine during the early post-Revolutionary period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of 1796 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2431589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of 1796 Context triple: [Penobscot people, treatyPartyTo, Treaty of 1796]
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A.
Convention of 1800
The Convention of 1800 was a diplomatic agreement between the United States and France that ended the Quasi-War and normalized relations by dissolving their Revolutionary-era alliance.
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B.
Treaty of Paris (1784)
The Treaty of Paris (1784) was the peace agreement that ended the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, reshaping Dutch colonial and commercial power in favor of British interests.
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C.
Jay Treaty
The Jay Treaty was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled lingering disputes from the American Revolutionary War, averted renewed conflict, and helped normalize trade and diplomatic relations between the two nations.
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D.
Treaty of Alliance (1778)
The Treaty of Alliance (1778) was a formal military pact between France and the United States during the American Revolutionary War, marking France’s entry into the conflict against Britain and significantly bolstering the American cause.
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E.
Treaty of Hopewell
The Treaty of Hopewell was a series of late 18th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations, including the Cherokee, that established boundaries and sought to regulate relations on the southern frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of 1796 Target entity description: The Treaty of 1796 was an agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people that further defined land cessions and boundaries in what is now Maine during the early post-Revolutionary period.
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A.
Convention of 1800
The Convention of 1800 was a diplomatic agreement between the United States and France that ended the Quasi-War and normalized relations by dissolving their Revolutionary-era alliance.
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B.
Treaty of Paris (1784)
The Treaty of Paris (1784) was the peace agreement that ended the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, reshaping Dutch colonial and commercial power in favor of British interests.
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C.
Jay Treaty
The Jay Treaty was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled lingering disputes from the American Revolutionary War, averted renewed conflict, and helped normalize trade and diplomatic relations between the two nations.
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D.
Treaty of Alliance (1778)
The Treaty of Alliance (1778) was a formal military pact between France and the United States during the American Revolutionary War, marking France’s entry into the conflict against Britain and significantly bolstering the American cause.
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E.
Treaty of Hopewell
The Treaty of Hopewell was a series of late 18th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations, including the Cherokee, that established boundaries and sought to regulate relations on the southern frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral agreement
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| affects |
Penobscot land rights
ⓘ
non-Native settlement patterns in Maine ⓘ sovereignty of the Penobscot people ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Maine
ⓘ
Penobscot homeland ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasPurpose |
to clarify land ownership in Maine
ⓘ
to define land cessions ⓘ to establish boundaries ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | New England ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people ⓘ |
| location |
District of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine District of Massachusetts
Massachusetts (as governing authority over Maine at the time) ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Massachusetts
|
| partOf |
United States–Native American treaties
ⓘ
United States–Penobscot relations ⓘ
linked to:
Choctaw–United States relations
|
| relatedTo |
earlier land agreements between Massachusetts and the Penobscot
ⓘ
subsequent disputes over Penobscot land in Maine ⓘ |
| signatory |
Penobscot Nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Penobscot people
Penobscot people ⓘ United States government ⓘ |
| subject |
land cession
ⓘ
relations between the United States and the Penobscot people ⓘ territorial boundaries ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
early United States republic era
ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ |
| year | 1796 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of 1796 Description of subject: The Treaty of 1796 was an agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people that further defined land cessions and boundaries in what is now Maine during the early post-Revolutionary period.
Referenced by (2)
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