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- Title
Sovereign or Suzerain: Alexander McGillivray's Argument for Creek Independence after the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
- Authors
Stock, Melissa A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the argument made by Alexander McGillivray, a chief of the Upper Creek Indians, for Creek Independence after the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Fundamental to McGillivray's contention for Creek independence were the terms of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, a document to the Treaty of Paris of 1763. The treaty itself provided for the transfer of sovereignty among its European signatories, shifting the balance of power dramatically in favor of Britain.
- Subjects
PARIS (France); FRANCE; MCGILLIVRAY, Alexander, ca. 1740-1793; CHIEFDOMS; CREEK (North American people); GREAT Britain. Royal Proclamation of 1763; POLITICAL autonomy; TREATIES; TREATY of Paris (1763); HISTORY of Paris, France, 1715-1789
- Publication
Georgia Historical Quarterly, 2008, Vol 92, Issue 2, p149
- ISSN
0016-8297
- Publication type
Article