| Organization name | United States Government |
| Date founded | 1776 |
| Org type | government |
| Bio notes | The Thirteen Colonies of North America declared independence from England in 1776, thus beginning the Revolutionary War against England and its Native American allies. The War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, in which England recognized the Colonies’ sovereignty as well as its Indian allies’ land. The government under the Articles of Confederation opened much of this territory for westward expansion through the Northwest Land Ordinance in 1785, which sparked the Northwest Indian War against an Indian Confederacy supported by the still-vexed English. This ended with General Anthony Wayne’s decisive victory at Fallen Timbers in 1794. Concurrently, States' delegates drafted a new Constitution in 1787 that created a much stronger central government. Particularly in the mid-Atlantic states at this time, the federal and state governments entered into multiple land treaties with Indian tribes that pushed them further west or onto reservations. President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase (1803) effectively doubled the territory of the nation and expanded it west of the Mississippi River, increasing the scope of settlement and the limits of Indian relocation. Indian Nations finally lost English support with the end of the War of 1812 and Tecumseh’s wars, and with the publication of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, settler expansion occurred at a rapid pace. Following Jackson’s signing of the Indian Removal Act (1830), the United States Government actively forced many southern Indians to relocate west of the Mississippi River. |
| Data notes | The organizational type, "government," includes governmental bodies and other agents of the government like elected or appointed officials and members of the military. |
| Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Constitution; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812#Indigenous_nations;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States |
Joseph Moore's Journal
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by Robert Sutcliff