Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)

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peace treaty post–American Revolutionary War treaty treaty

The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) was an early post–American Revolution agreement in which the United States compelled the Iroquois Confederacy to cede vast tracts of land in the Ohio Country and beyond, reshaping territorial control in the Northeast and Midwest.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) canonical	4
Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1784	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	peace treaty ⓘ post–American Revolutionary War treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ surface form: Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1784
conflictResult	imposed terms on the defeated Iroquois allies of Britain ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned	1784-10-22 ⓘ
effect	cession of Iroquois claims in the Ohio Country ⓘ cession of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ opened the Ohio Country to United States settlement ⓘ reduced Iroquois territorial claims in the Northeast ⓘ reshaped territorial control in the Northeast and Midwest ⓘ weakened political power of the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
follows	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
governingBody	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–Revolutionary War era ⓘ
historicalRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ Northwest Territory ⓘ Ohio Country ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the United States Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
locationSigned	Fort Stanwix ⓘ New York ⓘ Rome, New York ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Iroquois chiefs ⓘ United States commissioners ⓘ
partOf	early United States Indian treaties ⓘ
purpose	to establish peace between the United States and the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ to obtain land cessions from the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ United States–Native American relations ⓘ
signatory	Cayuga ⓘ Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ Mohawk ⓘ Oneida territory in New York ⓘ surface form: Oneida Onondaga ⓘ Seneca ⓘ Six Nations ⓘ Tuscarora ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
topic	Native American land rights ⓘ land cession ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
yearSigned	1784 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ

Oneida territory in New York → affectedBy → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1784

Fort Stanwix National Monument → significantEvent → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ

Cornplanter → signed → Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) ⓘ