Fort Greenville Treaty
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Early National History (1789-1815)
- Geographical Location: Ohio, Michigan
- Date: 1795
Article abstract: The Treaty of Fort Greenville, combined with Jay's Treaty, served as an important benchmark in the tripartite Anglo-American-Indian struggle for control of the region between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River.
During the twenty years following the end of the American Revolution in 1783, the question of which power—American Indians, the United States, or England—would control the region between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes constituted one of the greatest challenges confronting the new government of the United States.
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