Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution, 1763–1818
examines how Creek communities and their leaders remained viable
geopolitical actors in the trans-Appalachian West well after the
American Revolution. The Creeks pursued aggressive and far-reaching
diplomacy between 1763 and 1818 to assert their territorial and
political sovereignty while thwarting American efforts to establish
control over the region. The United States and the Creeks fought to
secure recognition from the powers of Europe that would guarantee
political and territorial sovereignty: the Creeks fought to
maintain their connections to the Atlantic world and preserve their
central role in the geopolitics of the trans-Appalachian West,
while the American colonies sought first to establish themselves as
an independent nation, then to expand borders to secure diplomatic
and commercial rights.
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Creeks continued to forge useful ties with agents of European
empires despite American attempts to circumscribe Creek contact
with the outside world. The Creeks’ solicitation of trade and
diplomatic channels with British and Spanish colonists in the West
Indies, Canada, and various Gulf Coast outposts served key
functions for defenders of local autonomy. Native peoples fought to
preserve the geopolitical order that dominated the colonial era,
making the trans-Appalachian West a kaleidoscope of sovereign
peoples where negotiation prevailed. As a result, the United States
lacked the ability to impose its will on its Indigenous neighbors,
much like the European empires that had preceded them. Hill
provides a significant revisionist history of Creek diplomacy and
power that fills gaps within the broader study of the Atlantic
world and early American history to show how Indigenous power
thwarted European empires in North America. Â
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