Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)

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The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) was an early post–American Revolution agreement in which the United States compelled the Iroquois Confederacy to cede vast tracts of land in the Ohio Country and beyond, reshaping territorial control in the Northeast and Midwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peace treaty ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1784 ⓘ
conflictResult imposed terms on the defeated Iroquois allies of Britain ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1784-10-22 ⓘ
effect cession of Iroquois claims in the Ohio Country ⓘ
cession of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
opened the Ohio Country to United States settlement ⓘ
reduced Iroquois territorial claims in the Northeast ⓘ
reshaped territorial control in the Northeast and Midwest ⓘ
weakened political power of the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
follows American Revolutionary War ⓘ
governingBody Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–Revolutionary War era ⓘ
historicalRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
Northwest Territory ⓘ
Ohio Country ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the United States Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
locationSigned Fort Stanwix ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Rome, New York ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
negotiatedBy Iroquois chiefs ⓘ
United States commissioners ⓘ
partOf early United States Indian treaties ⓘ
purpose to establish peace between the United States and the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
to obtain land cessions from the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
United States–Native American relations ⓘ
signatory Cayuga ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
Oneida ⓘ
Onondaga ⓘ
Seneca ⓘ
Six Nations ⓘ
Tuscarora ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
topic Native American land rights ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
yearSigned 1784 ⓘ

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United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ
Oneida territory in New York → affectedBy → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) → alsoKnownAs → Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1784 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)
Fort Stanwix National Monument → significantEvent → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ
Cornplanter → signed → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ