MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE WHISKEY REBELLION
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The American Revolution ended.
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The Northwest Territory was created.
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Native Americans gained land in the Indiana Territory.
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Native Americans gave up land in the Northwest Territory.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In response to these tensions, the 1795 Treaty of Greenville aimed to end the hostilities that had engulfed the Great Lakes. It was an imperfect agreement not agreed upon by all the tribes, but it ended violence at least temporarily, and established Indian lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under the treaty, the defeated Native tribes gave up all claims to present-day Ohio and parts of Indiana. In return, the Americans gave up all claims to lands north and west of the disputed territory, provided the Native tribes allowed the Americans to establish trading posts in their territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over 100 Indian villages were burned and destroyed, leaving an unknown number of civilian casualties. The most notorious frontier massacres occurred on March 8, 1782 on the Upper Sandusky River in Ohio, at a village known as Gnadenhutten.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, twelve Native American communities ceded most of their land from Ohio and Indiana to the federal government.