Treaty of New York (1790)

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The Treaty of New York (1790) was an agreement between the United States and the Creek Nation that aimed to establish boundaries, regulate trade, and secure peace on the southern frontier in the early years of the republic.

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Treaty of New York (1790) canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Treaty of New York ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Creek lands in present-day Georgia ⓘ
State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

southern frontier of the early United States ⓘ
category 1790 treaties ⓘ
Native American–United States treaties ⓘ
Treaties of the United States ⓘ
containsProvision Creek Nation to recognize the sovereignty of the United States ⓘ
Creek Nation to refrain from treaties with other powers ⓘ
Creeks to return captives and stolen property ⓘ
United States to remove unauthorized settlers from Creek lands ⓘ
countrySignedIn United States ⓘ
followedBy later U.S.–Creek treaties in the 1790s and 1800s ⓘ
historicalContext post–American Revolutionary War frontier conflicts ⓘ
historicalPeriod early United States republic ⓘ
legalStatus binding treaty under United States law at the time ⓘ
ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
namedAfter New York ⓘ
negotiatedBy Alexander McGillivray ⓘ
George Washington administration ⓘ
Henry Knox ⓘ
precededBy earlier informal agreements between Georgia and Creek leaders ⓘ
purpose to end hostilities between Georgia settlers and the Creek Nation ⓘ
to establish boundaries between the United States and the Creek Nation ⓘ
to regulate trade with the Creek Nation ⓘ
to secure peace on the southern frontier ⓘ
relatedTo Indian Trade and Intercourse Acts ⓘ
U.S. Indian policy under George Washington ⓘ
result cession of some Creek lands to the United States ⓘ
establishment of licensed trade with the Creek Nation ⓘ
promise of U.S. protection of Creek lands from encroaching settlers ⓘ
recognition of a boundary line between Georgia and Creek territory ⓘ
signatory Creek Nation ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people

United States ⓘ
signedBy Alexander McGillivray ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
representatives of the Creek Nation ⓘ
signedIn New York City ⓘ
signingDate 1790-08-07 ⓘ
signingYear 1790 ⓘ
topic boundary demarcation ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
nonintercourse with foreign powers ⓘ
trade regulation ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Treaty of Hopewell → relatedTo → Treaty of New York (1790) ⓘ
Alexander McGillivray → signed → Treaty of New York (1790) ⓘ
Lower Creek people → signedTreaty → Treaty of New York (1790) ⓘ
Creek–American relations → includesAgreement → Treaty of New York (1790) ⓘ