Treaty of 1796
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The Treaty of 1796 was an agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people that further defined land cessions and boundaries in what is now Maine during the early post-Revolutionary period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treaty of 1796 canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral agreement
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| affects |
Penobscot land rights
ⓘ
non-Native settlement patterns in Maine ⓘ sovereignty of the Penobscot people ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Maine
ⓘ
Penobscot homeland ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasPurpose |
to clarify land ownership in Maine
ⓘ
to define land cessions ⓘ to establish boundaries ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | New England ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding agreement between the United States and the Penobscot people ⓘ |
| location |
Maine District of Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
District of Maine
Government of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts (as governing authority over Maine at the time)
|
| partOf |
United States–Native American treaties
ⓘ
Choctaw–United States relations ⓘ
surface form:
United States–Penobscot relations
|
| relatedTo |
earlier land agreements between Massachusetts and the Penobscot
ⓘ
subsequent disputes over Penobscot land in Maine ⓘ |
| signatory |
Penobscot people
ⓘ
surface form:
Penobscot Nation
Penobscot people ⓘ United States government ⓘ |
| subject |
land cession
ⓘ
relations between the United States and the Penobscot people ⓘ territorial boundaries ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
early United States republic era
ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ |
| year | 1796 ⓘ |
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