Treaty of 1646

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Anglo-Indigenous treaty historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of 1646 was an agreement that ended the Anglo-Powhatan Wars in colonial Virginia, confining the Powhatan peoples to designated territories and establishing English dominance in the region.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of 1646 canonical	3
Treaty of 1646 with English colony of Virginia	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Indigenous treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup	English colonists in Virginia ⓘ Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Anglo-Powhatan Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ English expansion into Powhatan lands ⓘ Powhatan resistance to English colonization ⓘ
conflictEnded	Anglo-Powhatan Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Anglo-Powhatan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource	colonial Virginia statutes ⓘ early American historical scholarship ⓘ
effect	confined Powhatan peoples to designated territories ⓘ created tributary status for Powhatan groups ⓘ established English dominance in Virginia Colony ⓘ formalized territorial separation between English and Powhatan ⓘ recognized English sovereignty over Powhatan territory outside reservations ⓘ required annual tribute from Powhatan to English authorities ⓘ restricted Powhatan access to traditional lands ⓘ
followedBy	later colonial land treaties in Virginia ⓘ
follows	Third Anglo-Powhatan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsequence	decline of Powhatan political power ⓘ expansion of English settlement in Virginia ⓘ legal basis for later land dispossession of Powhatan ⓘ
hasPart	First Treaty of 1646 NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Treaty of 1646 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Colonial America NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Chesapeake Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding agreement under English colonial law ⓘ
location	Virginia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Anglo-Powhatan relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	year 1646 ⓘ
partOf	history of Native Americans in Virginia ⓘ history of Virginia Colony ⓘ
signatory	English colonial government of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor of Virginia ⓘ Opechancanough NERFINISHED ⓘ Powhatan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate	1646 ⓘ
statedIn	colonial records of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	colonial-Indigenous treaties in North America ⓘ land rights in colonial Virginia ⓘ sovereignty and tributary relations ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Powhatan peoples → signed → Treaty of 1646 ⓘ

Third Anglo-Powhatan War → endedBy → Treaty of 1646 ⓘ

Third Anglo-Powhatan War → treaty → Treaty of 1646 ⓘ

Powhatan → treaty → Treaty of 1646 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of 1646 with English colony of Virginia