Honors Theses and Capstones
Date Completed
Spring 2026
Abstract
This thesis examines the crisis that developed after US president John Quincy Adams signed, then disavowed (allegedly over moral concerns), the fraudulent 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs with the Creek Indian Nation. The thesis probes Adams' motives during the Treaty of Indian Springs crisis, and seeks to connect the crisis to the evolution of US federal Indian policy in the 1820s, prior to the mass Indian removal of the 1830s.
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
First Advisor
Jessica Lepler
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College or School
COLA
Department or Program
History
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Recommended Citation
Peacock, Spencer, "A Wound Upon the Union: John Quincy Adams and the Treaty of Indian Springs" (2026). Honors Theses and Capstones. 937.
https://scholars.unh.edu/honors/937
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