Treaty of Holston (1791)

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United States–Native American treaty bilateral treaty treaty

The Treaty of Holston (1791) was an agreement between the United States and the Cherokee Nation that established boundaries, affirmed U.S. protection over Cherokee lands, and sought to regulate trade and relations in the early American frontier.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Holston	2
Treaty of Holston (1791) canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States–Native American treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Cherokee lands ⓘ Southwest Territory ⓘ present-day Tennessee ⓘ
category	1791 treaties ⓘ Treaties involving the Cherokee ⓘ Treaties of the United States government ⓘ
commissioner	William Blount ⓘ
conflictContext	post–American Revolutionary War frontier conflicts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1791-07-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroupParty	Cherokee ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Tellico (1798) ⓘ
follows	Treaty of Hopewell ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Hopewell (1785)
historicalPeriod	Early Republic of the United States ⓘ surface form: Early national period of the United States
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty ⓘ
locationSigned	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
mainSubject	Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ U.S. protection of Cherokee lands ⓘ boundary delimitation ⓘ land cession ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ
namedAfter	Holston River ⓘ
negotiatedUnderAdministrationOf	George Washington ⓘ
partOf	United States–Cherokee treaty series ⓘ
party	Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
providedFor	Cherokee acknowledgment of U.S. sovereignty ⓘ U.S. protection of Cherokee from encroachments ⓘ establishment of boundary lines between U.S. settlers and Cherokee ⓘ regulation of trade with licensed traders ⓘ
purpose	to affirm U.S. protection over Cherokee lands ⓘ to establish boundaries between the United States and the Cherokee Nation ⓘ to maintain peace on the early American frontier ⓘ to regulate trade with the Cherokee ⓘ
ratifyingBody	United States Senate ⓘ
requiredFrom	Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
requiredFromCherokee	cessions of certain lands ⓘ recognition of U.S. protection ⓘ
requiredFromUnitedStates	guarantee of remaining Cherokee lands ⓘ provision of goods and annuities ⓘ
signatory	Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
signedAt	Holston River ⓘ
signingPresident	George Washington ⓘ
topic	Native American treaties of the United States ⓘ
yearSigned	1791 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Cherokee Nation (historical) → significantTreaty → Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ

United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Holston

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

this entity surface form: Treaty of Holston