Treaty of Fort Harmar

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historical event treaty

The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.

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Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ treaty ⓘ
category	Treaties involving indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ Treaties of the United States ⓘ
chronologyPosition	early U.S.–Native American treaty in the Northwest Territory period ⓘ
conflictContext	Northwest Indian War ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1789-01-09 ⓘ
effectOnNativeAmericans	confirmed U.S. claims to large areas of Native land ⓘ
follows	Treaty of Fort Finney ⓘ Treaty of Fort McIntosh ⓘ
hasCause	disputes over interpretation of earlier treaties ⓘ ongoing frontier violence in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
historicalRegion	Old Northwest ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified agreement ⓘ
location	Fort Harmar ⓘ Marietta, Ohio ⓘ Northwest Territory ⓘ
namedAfter	Fort Harmar ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Arthur St. Clair ⓘ
partOf	Northwest Indian War ⓘ
precedes	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
purpose	to ease frontier tensions between settlers and Native Americans ⓘ to reaffirm earlier land cessions in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
result	did not end Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory ⓘ failed to secure lasting peace ⓘ
signatory	Chippewa ⓘ Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware Mingo people ⓘ surface form: Mingo Ottawa ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ Sauk ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Wyandot ⓘ
signingPartyType	Native Americans ⓘ surface form: Native American nations United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
subject	borders between United States and Native American lands ⓘ land cessions ⓘ
territorialFocus	Northwest Territory ⓘ
year	1789 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Treaty of Fort McIntosh → followedBy → Treaty of Fort Harmar ⓘ

United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Fort Harmar ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → treaty → Treaty of Fort Harmar ⓘ