Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1789

George Washington is elected president

Portrait of George Washington. Image: Gilbert Stuart
Portrait of George Washington. Image: Gilbert Stuart

George Washington is elected first president. Members of the Iroquois Confederacy call the first U.S. president “Conotocarious,” which means “devourer of villages” (Nies, 1996).

Settler Colonial Policy