Treaty of St. Louis (1816)

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land cession treaty treaty

The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to U.S. control as part of early 19th-century westward expansion.

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	land cession treaty → treaty →
appliesToTerritory	Great Lakes region → Illinois Country → Midwest → Upper Mississippi River region →
consequence	contributed to displacement of Native American communities in the Midwest → increased U.S. sovereignty claims over the ceded area → opened additional territory for U.S. military and trading posts →
country	United States of America →
effect	ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to the United States → facilitated U.S. settlement in the Midwest → reduced Native American landholdings in the region →
follows	War of 1812 →
historicalPeriod	early 19th century →
language	English → Native American languages →
legalStatus	ratified treaty of the United States →
locationSigned	St. Louis, Missouri →
partOf	U.S. Indian treaty system → United States westward expansion →
purpose	expansion of U.S. control over Indigenous lands → land cession →
relatedTo	Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → Treaty of St. Louis (1818) →
signatory	Illinois tribes → Ojibwe → Ottawa → Potawatomi → United States of America →
signedByParty	leaders of several Native American tribes → representatives of the United States government →
topic	United States–Native American relations → dispossession of Indigenous lands → frontier policy of the United States →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) →	followedBy