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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Statements (30)
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
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
surface form: "Chicago"

Illinois
mainSubject land cession
namedAfter City of Chicago
surface form: "Chicago"
partOf United States–Native American treaties
result transfer of Native American land titles to the United States
signatory Odawa
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)"
Potawatomi treatyParty Treaty of Chicago
Bodéwadmi treatyPartyTo Treaty of Chicago

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