June 19, 1816 – Robert Semple, Governor of the Selkirk Grant Colony and an American from Boston, Mass., survives the Battle of Seven Oaks.
The injured man makes his way back to Montreal where he meets up with Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk. Selkirk uses his influence and money to dispatch 100 members of the Regiment de Meuron to the colony while Semple travels to Boston. While in Boston, Semple receives the financial backing of a group of American investors. Several of these investors are German-Americans and demand that the Selkirk region be opened to German peasants displaced by the Napoleonic Wars.
1817 – After a long treacherous march from Fort William on Lake Superior the men of the Regiment de Meuron, now accompanied by 150 men of the newly raised Roberts Regiment of Rangers, reach Fort Douglas. With them are also 25 Seneca scouts recruited from the Cornplanter Grant.
February 24, 1817: Seminole Indians raid southern Georgia and kill a woman and her two children.
February 27, 1817: The Seminole raiders are reinforced by a force of almost 100 warriors and begin raiding southern Georgia. Over the next several weeks nearly 100 Georgians will be killed and at least fifty homesteads burned.
March 21, 1817: Georgia pleads with President Monroe for assistance and a military force under Andrew Jackson is sent into Florida to crush the Seminoles.
Throughout spring fighting between the Florida Indians and American forces intensify. Winfield Scott is given command of a second force and sent into West Florida.
June 4, 1817 – The Battle of Fort Garry sees the Selkirk Militia defeat a hastily raised force of Metis and local Indians.
June 28, 1817 – The Selkirk Militia relieves the siege of Fort de la Reine and captures several of the Metis leaders.
July 10, 1817 – A caravan of 136 German and Scotch settlers arrive at Fort Douglas and begin to settle the region. Over the next ten years several thousand more settlers will fill the region and overwhelm the Metis and Indians. Many of these settlers were Americans despite post-War of 1812 controls on American immigration into Canada.
July 12, 1817 – Lord Selkirk, having briefly returned to England, meets with American representative Richard Rush. Selkirk faces very expensive legal costs and is attempting to raise funds. Rush, without conferring with his superiors, offers Selkirk nearly $500,000 and in return the ailing Selkirk agrees to will his control of the Selkirk Colony to the United States government.
Fighting continues in the Selkirk Territory and the Selkirk Militia is soon confined to a series of fortified outposts while the Metis control much of the countryside.
September 2, 1817: First Battle of the Aucilla sees Brigadier General Scott defeat a large force of Seminoles and free blacks.
In the meantime Major General Jackson continued to advance into Florida. Despite his vicious nature towards the Indians and runaway slaves, Jackson chooses not to execute the two British subjects, Robert Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot, and instead sends them north to be dealt with in Washington. He does have three Spanish citizens arrested and executed.
1818 – Rush’s agreement with Lord Selkirk becomes public and despite some anger in Congress the US government agrees to pay Selkirk $250,000 in gold immediately and a further $300,000 over twenty months to cover any ensuing legal problems.
March 2, 1818: Spain sends a letter of protest to President Monroe and demands that America withdrawal all of its forces from Florida.
An undeclared naval war begins around Florida between Spain and the United States. Spain dispatches nearly 7,000 troops to Florida to secure the border, subdue the Indians and remove the American military from the region.
June 10, 1818: Spanish forces land at Pensacola but are soon bottles up by Brig. Gen. Scott. Very little fighting occurs and the Spanish soon depart.
June 14, 1818: Richard Rush meets with Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and offers him $500,000 dollars in exchange for America gaining majority control of the Selkirk Grant. Selkirk initially declines.
June 19, 1818: The Earl of Selkirk returns to Rush and accepts the offer with the provision that the region remain open to Scottish settlement. Rush agrees and over the next few months raises the money from wealthy contributors in Pennsylvania and New England.
August 1-2, 1818: Scott, with a force of 3,600, defeats nearly 6,000 Spanish and Indians at the Second Battle of the Aucilla. Scott will pursue the survivors eastward for the next fifteen days.
August 4, 1818: General Jackson defeats a smaller force of Spanish along the Suwannee and then moves west to meet up with Scott.
August 17, 1818: The remainder of the Spanish force is surrounded and forced to surrender.
August 20, 1818: The Spanish Governor of Florida signs the Suwannee Agreement. This gives America Florida west of the Aucilla River and creates a twenty-five mile wide buffer along the border in which the Americans can actively pursue and suppress violent Indian tribes.
August 27, 1818: Robert Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot die in custody while Washington under mysterious circumstances. Britain protests and there is fear that war will occur.
The twin war fears with Spain and Britain give rise to a flurry of diplomatic activity. President Monroe, having seeing the poor showing America gave during the War of 1812, wishes to avoid war with either power. He quickly accepts the Suwannee Agreement and sends a note of apology to Britain concerning the deaths of Ambrister and Arbuthnot. These war fears will persist until the end of the year and give rise to the Naval Expansion Act and directly affect the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
Investors in the North West Company present their complaints to Parliament and the King but Rush is able to convince them that it is in Britain’s best interest to be rid of the rebellious Selkirk Colony.
October 26, 1818 – Richard Rush and Albert Gallatin of the United States and Frederick John Robinson and Henry Goulburn of the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of 1818, widely known as the Selkirk Treaty. The treaty, which was essentially a continuation of the previous Rush-Bagot Treaty, cleared up many of the issues that remained following the War of 1812.
The Treaty of 1818 contains nine separate provisions…
Article I secured fishing rights along Labrador and Newfoundland for the United States and allowed Canadian fishermen the right to fish along the American coast as far as New Hampshire.
Article II recognized the United States as protector of the Selkirk Colony and promised to turn the region over to the United States upon Lord Selkirk’s death as per his will.
Article III extended the Canadian-American border west from the Selkirk Colony to the continental divide.
Article IV provided for joint control of the Oregon Territory for twenty years and opened the region to settlement and navigation by both Britain and America.
Article V confirmed the Anglo-American Convention of 1815, which regulated trade between America and Britain/Canada, extended it for a further ten years and further reduced tariffs between the US and Canada.
Article VI turned all claims regarding escaped slaves and monetary compensation thereof over to the United States government, and the British government agreed to have Canadian officials help to capture and return any run away slaves.
Article VII completely demilitarized the Great Lakes and guaranteed free and open travel along the St. Lawrence for both nations. It also reaffirmed open navigation of the Mississippi for British subjects as far north as the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Britain is given a 2.5 mile square plot where the Des Moines River meets the Mississippi in which to build and man a small trade port.
Article VIII agreed to never provide arms to the native tribes within the borders of the United States.
Article IX determined that the treaty was to be ratified by both nations within six months.
1819 – Disputes in the Senate over articles VI and VII delayed ratification until late March.
April 10, 1819 – Britain begins construction of Port Rokeby on their west Mississippi tract.
The Panic of 1819 begins in the United States. Within a few months a spate of bank failures and loan defaults would sweep the nation. This economic contraction leads to high unemployment and many people are put into debtors prison.
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This is just a preliminary attempt and I'm not super happy with it. Any suggestions?
Benjamin
The injured man makes his way back to Montreal where he meets up with Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk. Selkirk uses his influence and money to dispatch 100 members of the Regiment de Meuron to the colony while Semple travels to Boston. While in Boston, Semple receives the financial backing of a group of American investors. Several of these investors are German-Americans and demand that the Selkirk region be opened to German peasants displaced by the Napoleonic Wars.
1817 – After a long treacherous march from Fort William on Lake Superior the men of the Regiment de Meuron, now accompanied by 150 men of the newly raised Roberts Regiment of Rangers, reach Fort Douglas. With them are also 25 Seneca scouts recruited from the Cornplanter Grant.
February 24, 1817: Seminole Indians raid southern Georgia and kill a woman and her two children.
February 27, 1817: The Seminole raiders are reinforced by a force of almost 100 warriors and begin raiding southern Georgia. Over the next several weeks nearly 100 Georgians will be killed and at least fifty homesteads burned.
March 21, 1817: Georgia pleads with President Monroe for assistance and a military force under Andrew Jackson is sent into Florida to crush the Seminoles.
Throughout spring fighting between the Florida Indians and American forces intensify. Winfield Scott is given command of a second force and sent into West Florida.
June 4, 1817 – The Battle of Fort Garry sees the Selkirk Militia defeat a hastily raised force of Metis and local Indians.
June 28, 1817 – The Selkirk Militia relieves the siege of Fort de la Reine and captures several of the Metis leaders.
July 10, 1817 – A caravan of 136 German and Scotch settlers arrive at Fort Douglas and begin to settle the region. Over the next ten years several thousand more settlers will fill the region and overwhelm the Metis and Indians. Many of these settlers were Americans despite post-War of 1812 controls on American immigration into Canada.
July 12, 1817 – Lord Selkirk, having briefly returned to England, meets with American representative Richard Rush. Selkirk faces very expensive legal costs and is attempting to raise funds. Rush, without conferring with his superiors, offers Selkirk nearly $500,000 and in return the ailing Selkirk agrees to will his control of the Selkirk Colony to the United States government.
Fighting continues in the Selkirk Territory and the Selkirk Militia is soon confined to a series of fortified outposts while the Metis control much of the countryside.
September 2, 1817: First Battle of the Aucilla sees Brigadier General Scott defeat a large force of Seminoles and free blacks.
In the meantime Major General Jackson continued to advance into Florida. Despite his vicious nature towards the Indians and runaway slaves, Jackson chooses not to execute the two British subjects, Robert Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot, and instead sends them north to be dealt with in Washington. He does have three Spanish citizens arrested and executed.
1818 – Rush’s agreement with Lord Selkirk becomes public and despite some anger in Congress the US government agrees to pay Selkirk $250,000 in gold immediately and a further $300,000 over twenty months to cover any ensuing legal problems.
March 2, 1818: Spain sends a letter of protest to President Monroe and demands that America withdrawal all of its forces from Florida.
An undeclared naval war begins around Florida between Spain and the United States. Spain dispatches nearly 7,000 troops to Florida to secure the border, subdue the Indians and remove the American military from the region.
June 10, 1818: Spanish forces land at Pensacola but are soon bottles up by Brig. Gen. Scott. Very little fighting occurs and the Spanish soon depart.
June 14, 1818: Richard Rush meets with Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and offers him $500,000 dollars in exchange for America gaining majority control of the Selkirk Grant. Selkirk initially declines.
June 19, 1818: The Earl of Selkirk returns to Rush and accepts the offer with the provision that the region remain open to Scottish settlement. Rush agrees and over the next few months raises the money from wealthy contributors in Pennsylvania and New England.
August 1-2, 1818: Scott, with a force of 3,600, defeats nearly 6,000 Spanish and Indians at the Second Battle of the Aucilla. Scott will pursue the survivors eastward for the next fifteen days.
August 4, 1818: General Jackson defeats a smaller force of Spanish along the Suwannee and then moves west to meet up with Scott.
August 17, 1818: The remainder of the Spanish force is surrounded and forced to surrender.
August 20, 1818: The Spanish Governor of Florida signs the Suwannee Agreement. This gives America Florida west of the Aucilla River and creates a twenty-five mile wide buffer along the border in which the Americans can actively pursue and suppress violent Indian tribes.
August 27, 1818: Robert Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot die in custody while Washington under mysterious circumstances. Britain protests and there is fear that war will occur.
The twin war fears with Spain and Britain give rise to a flurry of diplomatic activity. President Monroe, having seeing the poor showing America gave during the War of 1812, wishes to avoid war with either power. He quickly accepts the Suwannee Agreement and sends a note of apology to Britain concerning the deaths of Ambrister and Arbuthnot. These war fears will persist until the end of the year and give rise to the Naval Expansion Act and directly affect the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
Investors in the North West Company present their complaints to Parliament and the King but Rush is able to convince them that it is in Britain’s best interest to be rid of the rebellious Selkirk Colony.
October 26, 1818 – Richard Rush and Albert Gallatin of the United States and Frederick John Robinson and Henry Goulburn of the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of 1818, widely known as the Selkirk Treaty. The treaty, which was essentially a continuation of the previous Rush-Bagot Treaty, cleared up many of the issues that remained following the War of 1812.
The Treaty of 1818 contains nine separate provisions…
Article I secured fishing rights along Labrador and Newfoundland for the United States and allowed Canadian fishermen the right to fish along the American coast as far as New Hampshire.
Article II recognized the United States as protector of the Selkirk Colony and promised to turn the region over to the United States upon Lord Selkirk’s death as per his will.
Article III extended the Canadian-American border west from the Selkirk Colony to the continental divide.
Article IV provided for joint control of the Oregon Territory for twenty years and opened the region to settlement and navigation by both Britain and America.
Article V confirmed the Anglo-American Convention of 1815, which regulated trade between America and Britain/Canada, extended it for a further ten years and further reduced tariffs between the US and Canada.
Article VI turned all claims regarding escaped slaves and monetary compensation thereof over to the United States government, and the British government agreed to have Canadian officials help to capture and return any run away slaves.
Article VII completely demilitarized the Great Lakes and guaranteed free and open travel along the St. Lawrence for both nations. It also reaffirmed open navigation of the Mississippi for British subjects as far north as the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Britain is given a 2.5 mile square plot where the Des Moines River meets the Mississippi in which to build and man a small trade port.
Article VIII agreed to never provide arms to the native tribes within the borders of the United States.
Article IX determined that the treaty was to be ratified by both nations within six months.
1819 – Disputes in the Senate over articles VI and VII delayed ratification until late March.
April 10, 1819 – Britain begins construction of Port Rokeby on their west Mississippi tract.
The Panic of 1819 begins in the United States. Within a few months a spate of bank failures and loan defaults would sweep the nation. This economic contraction leads to high unemployment and many people are put into debtors prison.
*******
This is just a preliminary attempt and I'm not super happy with it. Any suggestions?
Benjamin
