Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)
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The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) was an agreement between Great Britain and the Iroquois Confederacy that redrew colonial–Native American boundaries, ceding vast Indigenous lands to British control and opening them to colonial settlement.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) canonical | 4 |
| Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1768 | 1 |
| Treaty of Fort Stanwix | 1 |
| Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1768 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3183564 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) Context triple: [Oneida territory in New York, affectedBy, Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)]
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)
The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) was an early post–American Revolution agreement in which the United States compelled the Iroquois Confederacy to cede vast tracts of land in the Ohio Country and beyond, reshaping territorial control in the Northeast and Midwest.
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Treaty of Niagara (1764)
The Treaty of Niagara (1764) was a foundational agreement between the British Crown and numerous First Nations that helped establish the political and diplomatic framework for Crown–Indigenous relations in what is now Canada.
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Treaty of Canandaigua
The Treaty of Canandaigua is a 1794 agreement between the United States and the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy that affirmed peace, recognized Haudenosaunee land rights, and established an enduring government-to-government relationship.
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Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
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Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) Target entity description: The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) was an agreement between Great Britain and the Iroquois Confederacy that redrew colonial–Native American boundaries, ceding vast Indigenous lands to British control and opening them to colonial settlement.
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A.
Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)
The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) was an early post–American Revolution agreement in which the United States compelled the Iroquois Confederacy to cede vast tracts of land in the Ohio Country and beyond, reshaping territorial control in the Northeast and Midwest.
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B.
Treaty of Niagara (1764)
The Treaty of Niagara (1764) was a foundational agreement between the British Crown and numerous First Nations that helped establish the political and diplomatic framework for Crown–Indigenous relations in what is now Canada.
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C.
Treaty of Canandaigua
The Treaty of Canandaigua is a 1794 agreement between the United States and the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy that affirmed peace, recognized Haudenosaunee land rights, and established an enduring government-to-government relationship.
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D.
Treaty of Fort Harmar
The Treaty of Fort Harmar was a 1789 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations of the Northwest Territory that attempted, unsuccessfully, to reaffirm earlier land cessions and ease frontier tensions during the Northwest Indian War.
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E.
Treaty of Fort McIntosh
The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was a 1785 agreement between the United States and several Native American nations that ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio Country to U.S. control, helping set the stage for further conflict in the Northwest Indian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land cession agreement
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treaty ⓘ |
| affectedRegion |
Kentucky
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Ohio Country ⓘ West Virginia region ⓘ frontier of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ western Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)
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surface form:
Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1768
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| category |
18th-century treaties
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Treaties between the British Empire and Native Americans ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1768-11-05 ⓘ |
| effect |
ceded vast Indigenous lands to British control
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extended British settlement westward ⓘ intensified land disputes with non-Iroquois Indigenous nations ⓘ moved the boundary line established by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 further west ⓘ |
| follows | Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | recognized by British Crown ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
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Province of New York ⓘ |
| location |
Fort Stanwix
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present-day Rome, New York ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Fort Stanwix ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
British colonial officials
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Sir William Johnson ⓘ |
| partOf | British colonial Indian policy ⓘ |
| purpose |
to open Indigenous lands to British colonial settlement
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to redraw colonial–Native American boundaries ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
formal Iroquois cession of claims south of the Ohio River to Britain
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heightened tensions with Shawnee and other western tribes ⓘ increased colonial land speculation ⓘ |
| signatory |
Cayuga
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Great Britain ⓘ Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ Mohawk ⓘ Oneida territory in New York ⓘ
surface form:
Oneida
Onondaga ⓘ Seneca ⓘ Six Nations ⓘ Tuscarora ⓘ |
| topic |
British–Native American relations
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Indigenous land rights ⓘ colonial expansion ⓘ |
| year | 1768 ⓘ |
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Subject: Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) Description of subject: The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) was an agreement between Great Britain and the Iroquois Confederacy that redrew colonial–Native American boundaries, ceding vast Indigenous lands to British control and opening them to colonial settlement.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1768
subject surface form:
Oneida Nation
this entity surface form:
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
this entity surface form:
Fort Stanwix Treaty of 1768