Treaty of Fort Jackson

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The Treaty of Fort Jackson was an 1814 agreement imposed by the United States on the Creek (Muscogee) Nation that forced the cession of millions of acres of their ancestral lands in the Southeast following the Creek War.

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Treaty of Fort Jackson canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical treaty
peace treaty
affectedPeople Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Nation

Muscogee people
settlers in the American Southeast
alsoKnownAs Fort Jackson Treaty
category 1814 treaties
United States–Native American treaties
surface form: Treaties of the United States and Native American tribes
commanderForUnitedStates Andrew Jackson
consequence expansion of United States territory in the Southeast
facilitated American settlement in Alabama and Georgia
loss of ancestral lands for the Creek Nation
weakened Creek political and military power
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 1814-08-09
historicalPeriod early 19th century
imposedBy United States government
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
languageOfDocument English
legalForm bilateral treaty
legalStatus ratified by the United States
locationSigned Alabama Territory
Fort Jackson
namedAfter Fort Jackson
negotiatedBy Andrew Jackson
opponent Red Stick faction of the Creek
partyRepresentedBy Cherokee allies of the United States
Lower Creeks
surface form: Lower Creek leaders

Tennessee militia
United States Army
powerImbalance imposed terms on defeated Creek Nation
precedes Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830
region Creek ancestral homeland
Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
relatedConflict Battle of Horseshoe Bend
relatedEvent Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: United States Indian removal policy
resultOf Creek War (1813–1814)
surface form: Creek War

Creek War (1813–1814)
surface form: War of 1812-era conflicts in the Southeast
signatory Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Nation

Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee Nation

United States of America
surface form: United States
subject land cession
postwar settlement
relations between United States and Native American nations
territorialCession large areas of present-day Alabama
large areas of present-day Georgia
over 20 million acres of Creek land
yearSigned 1814

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Creek (Muscogee) Nation signedTreaty Treaty of Fort Jackson
Creek War (1813–1814) consequence Treaty of Fort Jackson
Red Stick War relatedTo Treaty of Fort Jackson