The first Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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The first Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851
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Year First Fort Laramie Treaty signed

1851

Trail settlers used crossing tribal territories

Oregon Trail

Discovery in 1849 that increased westward migration

Gold in California

Resource essential to Plains Indigenous survival

Buffalo herds

Annual payment to tribes under 1851 treaty

$50,000

What 1851 treaty allowed in tribal lands

Railroad surveyors and military posts

1st major consequence of treaty

Creation of reservation system

2nd major consequence of treaty

Accelerated settlement of Great Plains

3rd major consequence of treaty

System of dependence on US government

Concept ended by First Fort Laramie Treaty

Permanent Indian Frontier

Earlier act before 1851 treaty

Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1834

What govt used to gain Indigenous agreement

Financial incentives

Nature of most settler-Indigenous interactions

Most interactions were peaceful

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