Treaty of Tuscaloosa
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The Treaty of Tuscaloosa was an 1818 agreement by which the United States acquired lands from the Chickasaw Nation in what became known as the Jackson Purchase, opening large areas of western Kentucky and Tennessee to American settlement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of Tuscaloosa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4596812 — 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 Tuscaloosa Context triple: [Jackson Purchase, treatyName, Treaty of Tuscaloosa]
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A.
Treaty of Big Tree
The Treaty of Big Tree was an 1797 agreement in which the Seneca Nation ceded most of its remaining lands in western New York to the United States, profoundly reshaping their territory and future.
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B.
Treaty of Moultrie Creek
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek was an 1823 agreement between the United States and the Seminole that forced the tribe into a central Florida reservation and laid groundwork for future conflicts leading to the Seminole Wars.
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C.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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D.
Treaty of Fort Jackson
The Treaty of Fort Jackson was an 1814 agreement imposed by the United States on the Creek (Muscogee) Nation that forced the cession of millions of acres of their ancestral lands in the Southeast following the Creek War.
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E.
Treaty of Camp Holmes
The Treaty of Camp Holmes was an 1835 agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes that aimed to establish peace and regulate relations on the expanding western frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of Tuscaloosa Target entity description: The Treaty of Tuscaloosa was an 1818 agreement by which the United States acquired lands from the Chickasaw Nation in what became known as the Jackson Purchase, opening large areas of western Kentucky and Tennessee to American settlement.
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A.
Treaty of Big Tree
The Treaty of Big Tree was an 1797 agreement in which the Seneca Nation ceded most of its remaining lands in western New York to the United States, profoundly reshaping their territory and future.
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B.
Treaty of Moultrie Creek
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek was an 1823 agreement between the United States and the Seminole that forced the tribe into a central Florida reservation and laid groundwork for future conflicts leading to the Seminole Wars.
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C.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
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D.
Treaty of Fort Jackson
The Treaty of Fort Jackson was an 1814 agreement imposed by the United States on the Creek (Muscogee) Nation that forced the cession of millions of acres of their ancestral lands in the Southeast following the Creek War.
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E.
Treaty of Camp Holmes
The Treaty of Camp Holmes was an 1835 agreement between the United States and several Plains tribes that aimed to establish peace and regulate relations on the expanding western frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land cession agreement
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jackson Purchase treaty
ⓘ
linked to:
Jackson Purchase
|
| appliesToTerritorialEntity |
western Kentucky
ⓘ
western Tennessee ⓘ
linked to:
West Tennessee
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateSigned | 1818 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAffected |
Chickasaw
ⓘ
linked to:
Chickasaw people
|
| follows | earlier Chickasaw land cessions ⓘ |
| hasEffect | expansion of U.S. territory in the lower Ohio and Mississippi Valley region ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century United States expansion ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | bilateral treaty ⓘ |
| location |
Tuscaloosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
| partOf | Jackson Purchase ⓘ |
| party |
Chickasaw Nation
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| result |
cession of Chickasaw lands to the United States
ⓘ
opening of western Kentucky to American settlement ⓘ opening of western Tennessee to American settlement ⓘ |
| signatory |
Chickasaw Nation
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| subject |
United States–Native American relations
ⓘ
land acquisition ⓘ |
| year | 1818 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Treaty of Tuscaloosa Description of subject: The Treaty of Tuscaloosa was an 1818 agreement by which the United States acquired lands from the Chickasaw Nation in what became known as the Jackson Purchase, opening large areas of western Kentucky and Tennessee to American settlement.
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