Treaty of Hopewell

E137967

18th-century treaty historical document treaty

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.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Hopewell canonical	2
Treaty of Hopewell (1785)	2
Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokee	1
Treaty of Hopewell with the Chickasaw	1
Treaty of Hopewell with the Choctaw	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203888 — 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.

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Target entity: Treaty of Hopewell
Context triple: [Andrew Pickens, signed, Treaty of Hopewell]

A. Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
B. Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
C. Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
D. Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
E. Treaty of York
The Treaty of York was a 1237 agreement between England and Scotland that definitively fixed much of the Anglo-Scottish border and helped stabilize relations between the two kingdoms.
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 Hopewell
Target entity description: 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.

A. Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
B. Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
C. Treaty of Prairie du Chien
The Treaty of Prairie du Chien was a series of early 19th-century agreements between the United States and several Native American nations in the Upper Midwest that redefined tribal boundaries and ceded large areas of Indigenous land to the U.S. government.
D. Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
E. Treaty of York
The Treaty of York was a 1237 agreement between England and Scotland that definitively fixed much of the Anglo-Scottish border and helped stabilize relations between the two kingdoms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century treaty ⓘ historical document ⓘ treaty ⓘ
aimedTo	end hostilities between settlers and Native Americans ⓘ establish boundaries between the United States and Native American nations ⓘ regulate relations on the southern frontier ⓘ
appliesTo	Cherokee Outlet ⓘ surface form: Cherokee territory Mississippi Territory ⓘ surface form: Chickasaw territory Choctaw Nation ⓘ surface form: Choctaw territory
appliesToJurisdiction	southern frontier of the United States ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic	one of the earliest U.S. treaties with southeastern Native nations ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	United States federal Indian law ⓘ histories of the southern frontier ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Native American law ⓘ diplomacy ⓘ
follows	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
genre	peace treaty ⓘ
hasConsequence	set precedents for later U.S.–tribal treaties ⓘ
hasEffect	placed Native American nations under the protection of the United States ⓘ recognized certain Native American lands ⓘ regulated trade between the United States and Native American nations ⓘ restricted unauthorized settlement on Native American lands ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	first treaty between the United States and the Cherokee after independence ⓘ helped define early U.S. policy toward southeastern tribes ⓘ
hasPart	Treaty of Hopewell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokee Treaty of Hopewell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Hopewell with the Chickasaw Treaty of Hopewell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Hopewell with the Choctaw
historicalPeriod	post-Revolutionary United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty of the United States ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	South Carolina ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locationSigned	Hopewell plantation on the Keowee River ⓘ Hopewell, South Carolina ⓘ
mainSubject	Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ Chickasaw–United States relations ⓘ Choctaw–United States relations ⓘ United States–Native American treaties ⓘ surface form: United States–Native American relations
partOf	early United States Indian treaty system ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Holston Treaty of New York (1790) ⓘ
signatory	Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation Chickasaw Nation ⓘ Choctaw Nation ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

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

Andrew Pickens → signed → Treaty of Hopewell ⓘ

Cherokee Nation (historical) → significantTreaty → Treaty of Hopewell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Hopewell (1785)

United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Hopewell ⓘ

Treaty of Hopewell → hasPart → Treaty of Hopewell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokee

Treaty of Hopewell → hasPart → Treaty of Hopewell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Hopewell with the Choctaw

Treaty of Hopewell → hasPart → Treaty of Hopewell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Hopewell with the Chickasaw

Treaty of Holston (1791) → follows → Treaty of Hopewell ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Holston

this entity surface form: Treaty of Hopewell (1785)

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