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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 .
1776 – Model Treaty passed by the Continental Congress becomes the template for its future international treaties [6] 1776 – Treaty of Watertown – a military treaty between the newly formed United States and the St. John's and Mi'kmaq First Nations of Nova Scotia, two peoples of the Wabanaki Confederacy.
From July to August 1764, Johnson conducted a treaty at Fort Niagara with about 2,000 Indians in attendance, primarily Iroquois. Although most Iroquois had stayed out of the war, Senecas from the Genesee River valley had taken up arms against the British, and Johnson worked to bring them back into the Covenant Chain alliance.
The Niagara Purchase was an agreement between certain Mississauga peoples and the British crown signed in 1781. Under this agreement, the Mississaugas "grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm to our said Sovereign Lord King George the third" [1] a tract of land bordered on the north by Lake Ontario, on the south by Lake Erie, and on the east by the Niagara River and extending six-and-a-half ...
Fort Niagara, also known as Old Fort Niagara, is a fortification originally built by New France to protect its interests in North America, specifically control of access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. The fort is on the river's eastern bank at its mouth on Lake Ontario.
A 1677 treaty between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and the Delaware , on one side, and the colonies of Virginia and Maryland, allied with the Susquehannock on the other, to obtain peace. This section is missing information about William Penn's treaties from 1682-1701 with the Delaware, including the legendary Treaty of Shackamaxon.
The Numbered Treaties (or Post-Confederation Treaties) are a series of eleven treaties signed between the First Nations, one of three groups of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and the reigning monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921. [1]
The Destruction of the Caroline by George Tattersall "An angry snarl between friendly relations", an American cartoon about the affair. The Caroline affair (also known as the Caroline case) was an international incident involving the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Canadas which started in 1837 and lasted until 1842.