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The 1833 Treaty of Chicago was an agreement between the United States government and the Chippewa, Odawa, and Potawatomi tribes. It required them to cede to the United States government their 5,000,000 acres (2,000,000 ha) of land (including reservations) in Illinois, the Wisconsin Territory, and the Michigan Territory and to move west of the Mississippi River.
In 1795, in a then minor part of the Treaty of Greenville, a Native American confederation granted treaty rights to the United States in a six-mile parcel of land at the mouth of the Chicago River. [nb 1] [2] This was followed by the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis, which ceded additional land in the Chicago area, including the Chicago Portage. [3]
Treaty of Green Bay (1828) - Winnebago, etc. Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1829) - Council of Three Fires; 1833 Treaty of Chicago (1833) - Council of Three Fires; Each of the following treaties is commonly referred to as the Treaty with the Potawatomi, though it was the official title of none of them. Treaty of Portage des Sioux (1815)
1776 – Model Treaty passed by the Continental Congress becomes the template for its future international treaties [6] 1776 – Treaty of Watertown – a military treaty between the newly formed United States and the St. John's and Mi'kmaq First Nations of Nova Scotia, two peoples of the Wabanaki Confederacy.
August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100". [1] 1833 1833 Treaty of Chicago; Chicago incorporated as a town. [1] 1835 August 31, about 800 Potawatomi men gathered for a war dance in Chicago before being removed to west of the Mississippi River. [2] 1837 Chicago incorporated as a ...
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350. [16] The Chippewa, Odawa and Potawatomi ceded land in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan in the 1833 Treaty of Chicago and were forced to move west of the Mississippi River by 1838.
Treaty of Chicago (1821) Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825) Treaty of Fond du Lac (1826) Treaty of Butte des Morts (1827) Treaty of Green Bay (1828) Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1829) Treaty of Chicago (1833) Treaty of Washington (1836) - Ottawa & Chippewa; Treaty of Washington (1836) - Swan Creek & Black River Bands; Treaty of Detroit (1837 ...
In 1833, the Potawatomi signed the 1833 Treaty of Chicago with the United States Government. As a result of the Treaty, the United States was granted control of all land west of Lake Michigan and east of Lake Winnebago in exchange for a tract of land west of the Mississippi.