{"id":67,"date":"2010-07-16T19:36:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T19:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infj.net\/smith\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2010-08-19T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T03:05:00","slug":"sir-william-johnson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smithrebellion1765.com\/?page_id=67","title":{"rendered":"Sir William Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sir William Johnson - Source: http:\/\/clarke.cmich.edu\/<\/p><\/div>\n

Sir William Johnson<\/strong> was an Indian trader, diplomat, military officer, royalist, and one of the most important people in the events leading up to the American Revolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0He arrived in America sometime around 1737 to manage an estate owned by his uncle in New York.\u00a0 He soon started to develop friendships with the Mohawk Indians and eventually became recognized as one of their leaders.\u00a0 His close ties to the Mohawks can be seen with his successive common law marriages of two Mohawk women.\u00a0 His negotiation skill with the Indians and experience as a senior British officer who achieved fame in the French and Indian War, led to his appointment in 1756 as Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Northern Department.\u00a0He held this position until his death in 1774.\u00a0Johnson\u2019s career evolved around his Indian and military feats, but given all his fame and fortune, he was limited as a Catholic-turned Protestant.\u00a0 Nonetheless, he was bestowed with a baronetcy in 1755 and given \u00a35,000 by Parliament for his role in defeating the French at the Battle of Lake George.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson played a significant role in opening up the frontier to trade and expansion.\u00a0 His affiliation with the extraordinary Indian trader, George Croghan, who served as his deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs, enabled him to open up many new territories to commerce and settlement on behalf of the Crown.\u00a0 Johnson often defended Croghan\u2019s unscrupulous actions as misguided; when others thought it better to admonish him.\u00a0 After the war, Johnson concentrated on expanding and improving his own land holdings.\u00a0 At the time of his death, he owned 170,000 acres which made him the second largest landowner next to the Penn family.<\/p>\n

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Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet \u2013 Wikipedia <\/span><\/p>\n

Sir William Johnson, Indian Superintendent:\u00a0 Colonial Development and Expansionism<\/em> by Paul Redmond Drew 1996 Early America Review,<\/span>\u00a0The<\/em> Papers of Sir William Johnson<\/em> edited by AT Volwiler 1926 Organization of American Historians.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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