Treaty of Chicago
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The Treaty of Chicago was an 1833 agreement in which several Native American tribes, including the Potawatomi, ceded large areas of land around the Great Lakes to the United States, paving the way for extensive American settlement in the region.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land cession treaty
→
treaty → |
| after | Black Hawk War → |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Great Lakes region → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| describedBySource |
Native American tribal histories
→
United States historical records → |
| effect |
dispossession of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands
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paved the way for extensive American settlement in the Great Lakes region → |
| follows | earlier treaties with Native American tribes in the Great Lakes region → |
| hasCause | pressure from American expansion and settlement interests → |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century United States expansion → |
| language | English → |
| location |
City of Chicago
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surface form: "Chicago"
Illinois → |
| mainSubject | land cession → |
| namedAfter |
City of Chicago
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surface form: "Chicago"
|
| partOf | United States–Native American treaties → |
| result | transfer of Native American land titles to the United States → |
| signatory |
Odawa
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Ojibwe → Potawatomi → United States government → other Native American tribes in the Great Lakes region → |
| significantEvent | ceding of Native American lands around the Great Lakes → |
| signingDate | 1833 → |
| topic |
Great Lakes land cessions
→
Native American land rights → westward expansion of the United States → |
| year | 1833 → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Treaty of Chicago (1833)"