Treaty of Greenville

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historical treaty peace treaty

The Treaty of Greenville was a 1795 agreement between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes that ended major hostilities in the Northwest Territory and opened much of present-day Ohio to American settlement.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Greenville canonical	29
Treaty of Greenville (1795)	7
Greenville Treaty	1
Greenville Treaty Line	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T432418 — 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 Greenville
Context triple: [Northwest Indian War, concludedBy, Treaty of Greenville]

A. Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Treaty of Paris (1763) was the peace agreement that dramatically reshaped global colonial empires by transferring vast territories among Britain, France, and Spain at the close of the Seven Years' War.
B. Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Treaty of Paris (1783) was the peace agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain.
C. Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the 1814 peace agreement between the United States and Great Britain that ended the War of 1812 and largely restored relations and territorial boundaries to their prewar status.
D. Treaty of St. Louis (1816)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to U.S. control as part of early 19th-century westward expansion.
E. Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
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 Greenville
Target entity description: The Treaty of Greenville was a 1795 agreement between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes that ended major hostilities in the Northwest Territory and opened much of present-day Ohio to American settlement.

A. Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Treaty of Paris (1763) was the peace agreement that dramatically reshaped global colonial empires by transferring vast territories among Britain, France, and Spain at the close of the Seven Years' War.
B. Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Treaty of Paris (1783) was the peace agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain.
C. Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the 1814 peace agreement between the United States and Great Britain that ended the War of 1812 and largely restored relations and territorial boundaries to their prewar status.
D. Treaty of St. Louis (1816)
The Treaty of St. Louis (1816) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes that further ceded Indigenous lands in the Midwest to U.S. control as part of early 19th-century westward expansion.
E. Treaties of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were 1836 agreements between the newly independent Republic of Texas and captured Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna that sought to end hostilities after the Battle of San Jacinto and define Texas–Mexico relations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical treaty ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ surface form: Greenville Treaty
appliesToTerritory	Northwest Territory ⓘ present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Indiana ⓘ present-day Michigan ⓘ present-day Ohio ⓘ present-day Wisconsin ⓘ present-day northeastern Indiana ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
established	Treaty of Greenville self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greenville Treaty Line
followedBy	subsequent U.S.–Native American land cession treaties in the Old Northwest ⓘ
grantedRights	right to establish forts and trading posts in Native territory ⓘ
grantedTo	United States of America ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Republic of the United States ⓘ surface form: Early national period of the United States
impact	accelerated U.S. settlement of the Ohio Country ⓘ weakened the Western Confederacy of Native American tribes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
location	Greenville, Ohio ⓘ
militaryContext	Northwest Indian War ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Anthony Wayne ⓘ
precededByEvent	Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
providedFor	annual payments to Native American tribes ⓘ
region	Old Northwest ⓘ
result	cession of large areas of Native American land to the United States ⓘ end of major hostilities in the Northwest Territory ⓘ establishment of a boundary line between Native American lands and U.S. territory ⓘ opening of most of present-day Ohio to American settlement ⓘ
signatory	Chippewa ⓘ Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware Eel River tribe ⓘ Illinois Confederation ⓘ Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Kaskaskia Kickapoo ⓘ Miami ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Sauk ⓘ surface form: Piankashaw Potawatomi ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ Wea ⓘ Miami Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Western Confederacy Wyandot ⓘ
signedAt	Greenville, Ohio ⓘ
signingDate	1795-08-03 ⓘ
subject	Native American–United States relations ⓘ land cession ⓘ
year	1795 ⓘ

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian War → concludedBy → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → treaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Potawatomi → treatyParty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → significantEvent → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Northwest Indian Confederacy → treatyConcluded → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Northwest Indian Confederacy → dissolvedAfter → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Treaty of Greenville → established → Treaty of Greenville self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greenville Treaty Line

Treaty of Greenville → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greenville Treaty

Treaty of Fort Harmar → precedes → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Shawnee → treaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

United States–Native American treaties → hasPart → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Little Turtle's War → concludedBy → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Little Turtle's War → treatySigned → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Miami tribe → signedTreaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Blue Jacket → signed → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Battle of the Wabash → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Battle of Fallen Timbers → followedBy → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Battle of Fallen Timbers → consequence → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Battle of Fallen Timbers → treaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Bodéwadmi → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Odawa → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Miami people → signedTreaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Ottawa people → treatyParty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Shawnee Nation → treaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) → relatedEvent → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Ottawa → treatyParty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Connecticut Land Company → relatedTo → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Miami Confederacy → resultedInTreaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Miami Confederacy → cededLandUnder → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Miami → treatyPartyTo → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Miami → signedTreaty → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Wyandotte → treatyPartyIn → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

subject surface form: Wyandot

Western Confederacy → treatyConcluded → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Battle of the Maumee Rapids → followedBy → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

Kekionga → treatyRelatedTo → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Kekionga → cededIn → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Battle of Kekionga → relatedEvent → Treaty of Greenville ⓘ

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