Native Americans Lost Their Territory

The Peace of Paris accords, which were signed in 1783 and 1784, officially ended the American Revolutionary War. The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783 by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America, was the most important of these. The existence of the United States as free, sovereign, and independent states was acknowledged in article 1 of this treaty. During the American Revolution, several Native American tribes took part. The majority of them supported the British in the hopes that a British victory would halt further colonial expansion into their lands. However, there was no indigenous representation at the peace talks.

Despite the fact that this region was mainly unsettled by whites and mostly inhabited by Native Americans, the British awarded the United States all land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. The United States quickly moved westward after winning freedom, often violently, taking Indian territory by treaty and force. Supporters of the Americans, such as the Stockbridges and Oneidas, as well as the Senecas and Shawnees who fought against them, lost their territory. It is possible to say that American independence signaled the beginning of the end of Native American independence.