Treaty of Camp Charlotte

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The Treaty of Camp Charlotte was a 1774 agreement between colonial Virginia and the Shawnee that ended Lord Dunmore’s War by compelling Native leaders to cede hunting rights south of the Ohio River and halt attacks on settlers.

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Treaty of Camp Charlotte canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf peace agreement
treaty
affectedTerritory lands south of the Ohio River
benefited colonial Virginia settlers
category 1774 treaties
History of the Ohio Country
Treaties involving indigenous peoples of North America
colonialEntity Colony of Virginia
concludedBetween Colony of Virginia
Shawnee
countryAtTime Great Britain
endedConflict Lord Dunmore's War
hasConsequence expansion of colonial settlement into the Ohio Valley
temporary peace on the Virginia–Ohio frontier
hasDate 1774
hasPlace Camp Charlotte
near present-day Chillicothe, Ohio
hasSignatory Cornstalk
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
linked to: Lord Dunmore

Shawnee leaders
hasType colonial Indian treaty
hasYear 1774
historicalPeriod colonial America
pre-American Revolutionary era
imposedOn Shawnee
involvedEthnicGroup Shawnee
colonial Virginians
other Ohio Valley Native groups
jurisdiction British colonial administration in Virginia
language English
party Colonial Virginia
Shawnee Nation
precededBy Battle of Point Pleasant
relatedTo Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)
westward expansion of Virginia settlers
requiredCessionOf Shawnee hunting rights south of the Ohio River
resultOf Lord Dunmore's War
signedIn 1774
signedUnderAuthorityOf Governor Lord Dunmore of Virginia
linked to: Lord Dunmore
stipulated cessation of Shawnee attacks on settlers
recognition of the Ohio River as a boundary
subjectOf histories of Lord Dunmore's War
studies of Native American–colonial relations

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Lord Dunmore’s War result Treaty of Camp Charlotte
Battle of Point Pleasant followedBy Treaty of Camp Charlotte