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The '''Augusta Convention''' (XXXX-YYYY), known as the '''First Augusta Congress''' was a meeting held in [[Ville de Augusta]], [[Augusta]] that consisted of representatives from the Audonic Chênique, the Sagadahoc Nehiyawah and the Maskwacis Nehiyawak. It was the first gathering of the Chênique and Maskwacis Nehiyawak which aimed to create a union with the new Audonic settlers alongside the Sagadahoc Nehiyawah and Maskwacis Nehiyawak. Before the Augusta Convention, the Audonic Chênique had been living as independent trade posts with independent mints, issues and towns that often caused problems between independent trading posts.
The '''Augusta Assembly''' (March 1813 - May 1813; {{wpl|French language|Audonic}}: ''Assemblée d'Augusta''; {{wpl|Cherokee language|Tsalagi}}: ᎠᎬᏱ ᏓᏂᎳᏫᎥ (''ạgvyi danilawiv'')) was a meeting of [[Chenique]], {{wpl|Abenaki|Alnobak}} and {{wpl|Cherokee|Tsalagi}} delegates. It was convened on the request [[René Sieyès]] that met between March 20 to May 14, 1813 in the [[Hall of Merchants]] in [[Ville de Augusta]] in order to create a union of traders that were spread out from Ville de Augusta as well as the concerns from Alnobak and Tsalagi over the creation of the [[Mint of Augusta]]. The Augusta Assembly was also the first assembly to format a [[Chenique Greeting]] that could be exchanged from Chenique traders to Alnobak and Tsalagi tribesmen as a symbol of peace. The Tsalagi delegation abandoned the assembly and recalled its delegation on April 5 due to disagreements between the Chenique delegates and Tsalagi delegates.  


The Augusta Convention consisted of twenty delegates. Ten of the delegates represented independent Audonic Chênique trading posts, with five representing the Maskwacis Nehiyawak and the final five representing the Sagadahoc Nehiyawah. Additional aims from this convention were devised to help the different groups break the language barriers that existed at the time. However, the Maskwacis Nehiyawak would later withdraw their delegation from the Augusta Convention due to the conservative attitudes towards the foreigners that was not shared by the Sagadahoc Nehiyawak.
There were several agreements that were signed throughout the Assembly that are termed the [[Augusta Preliminary Acts]], some of which were signed by the Tsalagi delegation. However after April 5, the discussion erred towards a union of the Chenique trading posts and the Alnobaks, something the Tsalagi did not want to take part of. The Alnobak delegation, having already familiarized themselves with many of the independent Chenique trading posts, agreed to the union. The Assembly ended upon the signing of the [[Treaty of Oaks]], and would later inaugurated the [[Union of Chenes]]. The Augusta Assembly would remain until June as the [[United Assembly of Chenes]] to act as the provisional government.
 
Ville de Augusta was the landing point of the original Audonic Chênique that landed from Belisaria, and would be determined to be the governing center for the independent trading posts that would come to unify into what was considered to be [[East Chenes]], rendered as ''Chênes de l'Est''. Delegates from the Maskwacis Nehiyawak, before their withdrawal, demanded that independent Audonic Chênique trading posts not cross Sagadahoc Nehiyawak borders with their own tribe. This included any allied tribes with the Maskwacis Nehiyawak.
 
The Augusta Convention would continue for a month after the leaving of the Maskwacis Nehiyawak delegation. The Convention ended when the delegates of the Audonic Chênique, with the agreement of the Sagadahoc Nehiyawak, signed the [[Constitution Chênes de l'Est]].

Latest revision as of 01:51, 5 February 2022

The Augusta Assembly (March 1813 - May 1813; Audonic: Assemblée d'Augusta; Tsalagi: ᎠᎬᏱ ᏓᏂᎳᏫᎥ (ạgvyi danilawiv)) was a meeting of Chenique, Alnobak and Tsalagi delegates. It was convened on the request René Sieyès that met between March 20 to May 14, 1813 in the Hall of Merchants in Ville de Augusta in order to create a union of traders that were spread out from Ville de Augusta as well as the concerns from Alnobak and Tsalagi over the creation of the Mint of Augusta. The Augusta Assembly was also the first assembly to format a Chenique Greeting that could be exchanged from Chenique traders to Alnobak and Tsalagi tribesmen as a symbol of peace. The Tsalagi delegation abandoned the assembly and recalled its delegation on April 5 due to disagreements between the Chenique delegates and Tsalagi delegates.

There were several agreements that were signed throughout the Assembly that are termed the Augusta Preliminary Acts, some of which were signed by the Tsalagi delegation. However after April 5, the discussion erred towards a union of the Chenique trading posts and the Alnobaks, something the Tsalagi did not want to take part of. The Alnobak delegation, having already familiarized themselves with many of the independent Chenique trading posts, agreed to the union. The Assembly ended upon the signing of the Treaty of Oaks, and would later inaugurated the Union of Chenes. The Augusta Assembly would remain until June as the United Assembly of Chenes to act as the provisional government.

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