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The Treaty of Canandaigua (or Konondaigua, as spelled in the treaty itself), also known as the Pickering Treaty[1] and the Calico Treaty, is a treaty signed after the American Revolutionary War between the Grand Council of the Six Nations and President George Washington representing the United States of America.
Treaty of New York (1796) May 31, 1796 New York City: Seven Nations of Canada: Seven Nations relinquish all claims in New York outside of two reservations [27] Treaty of Albany: March 29, 1797 Albany, New York: Mohawk: Mohawks cede to New York all claims in New York [28] Treaty of Big Tree: Sept. 15, 1797 Genesee, New York: Seneca
The Seven Years' War and its North American theater, the French and Indian War, ended with the 1763 Treaty of Paris.Under the treaty, all French colonial territory west of the Mississippi River was ceded to Spain, while all French colonial territory east of the Mississippi River and south of Rupert's Land (save Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which France kept) was ceded to Great Britain.
The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. In 1664, the English under Charles II of England and his brother James, Duke of York raised a fleet to take the colony of New Netherland, then under the Directorship of Peter Stuyvesant, from the Dutch.
The 1764 Treaty of Fort Niagara is one of the first treaty agreements made between First Nations and The Crown. It is a notable example of The Crown 's recognition of Indigenous sovereignty in the years preceding the American Revolution. [1][2] However, the agreement was recorded in wampum and no paper document was signed; Canadian law does not ...
Youngstown, New York, later developed nearby. The British took over the fort in 1759 during the French and Indian War. Although the United States ostensibly was ceded the fort after it gained independence in the American Revolutionary War, the British stayed until 1796. Transfer to the U.S. came after signing of the Jay Treaty that reaffirmed ...
Karonghyontye or Captain David Hill (1745–1790), Mohawk leader during the American Revolutionary War. George Henry Martin Johnson (1816–1884), Mohawk chief and interpreter. E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake (1861–1913), poet, author, and public speaker from the Six Nations Reserve of the Grand River.
Great Treaty of 1722. The Great Treaty of 1722 was a document signed in Albany, New York by leaders of the Five Nations of Iroquois, Province of New York, Colony of Virginia, and Province of Pennsylvania. Also known as the Treaty of Albany, it was made to create a boundary and keep the peace between English settlers and the Iroquois nations.