What treaty did the Six Nations sign with the United States in 1794?

• A. Treaty of Paris
• B. Treaty of Canandaigua
• C. Treaty of Greenville
• D. Treaty of Fort Stanwix

Answer: (B)

Understanding this question means recognizing which agreement marked a formal, peaceful relationship between the United States and the Six Nations in the 1790s. The treaty signed in 1794 is the Treaty of Canandaigua. It was concluded at Canandaigua, New York, and established a lasting peace and friendship between the United States and the Iroquois Confederacy. It affirmed the sovereignty of the Six Nations within their own lands, set boundaries to reduce future conflicts in New York and beyond, and protected traditional rights such as hunting and fishing on their ancestral territories. This treaty helped stabilize relations as the United States expanded westward and built on earlier, unresolved land tensions from the revolutionary era. The other treaties listed occurred in different years or contexts: Paris ended a major global war, Fort Stanwix dealt with land cessions after the Revolution, and Greenville followed later after the Northwest Indian War.