Blount Treaty

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf treaty
gptkbp:associatedWith land disputes
cultural exchanges
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:William_Blount
gptkbp:consequences increased_U.S._territorial_claims
gptkbp:contributedTo westward expansion
gptkbp:documentType official agreement
gptkbp:duration ongoing until 1798
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:U.S._Senate
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:U.S._government
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Northwest_Indian_War
gptkbp:historicalImpact set precedent for future treaties
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Early_Republic
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first formal recognition of Cherokee land rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Blount Treaty
gptkbp:impact gptkb:Cherokee_sovereignty
land rights
gptkbp:influenced subsequent_treaties_with_Native_Americans
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
local politics
land speculation
Spanish_colonial_policies
British_colonial_treaties
European_colonial_treaties
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Cherokee_Nation
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:notableFeature military alliances
establishment of trade relations
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:John_Sevier
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:purpose establish peace
gptkbp:region gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
gptkb:Southeastern_United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act
gptkb:Treaty_of_Greenville
gptkb:Treaty_of_the_Muscogee
Treaty of Fort Jackson
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Treaty of New Echota
gptkbp:replacedBy Treaty of Holston
gptkbp:resultedIn cession of land
gptkbp:signature July 8, 1790
gptkbp:significance first treaty with Native Americans in the Southeast