Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1783

End of Revolutionary War; illegal seizure of Native lands

Red-Lined Map shows British interpretation of the boundary between the new United States and provinces that later formed Canada. Image: John Mitchell; The British Library Board
Red-Lined Map shows British interpretation of the boundary between the new United States and provinces that later formed Canada. Image: John Mitchell; The British Library Board

The revolutionary war ends with the Treaty of Paris, and Americans seize lands of the British as spoils of war, ignoring Native treaty rights. The set of treaties that end the war defines U.S. territory ranging from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. There is no reference to American Indian tribes having any rights within the U.S., nor whether their previous treaties with other foreign powers will be honored (Native Voices, "1783: The Peace of Paris ignores Native peoples’ rights").

Traumatic Event

Settler Colonial Policy

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