History Of The Trail Of Tears

The Trial of Tears was when the Native Americans in the Southast were forcibly removed from Georgia. They were made to march from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma. It was caused by multiple people and events, but there were also people who tried to stop this tragic event. Gold was discovered near Cherokee territory in 1828. Thousands of white miners wanted this land for the gold and began to settle there without permission. Whites started to demand the government to remove the Native Americans, so later on they were taken out by the United States Army. This was the beginning of the removal of the Cherokee. In 1832, Mr. Worcester, a man living with the Cherokee, stated that his family’s mandatory removal was denying his constitutional rights, and believed that Georgia
A small group of Cherokees signed it without the permission of the rest of the tribe, giving away a bit of their land in exchange for compensation. When Andrew Jackson received this, he immediately signed it, and Congress approved this Treaty. Three years later, in 1838, the Trail of Tears began. Andrew Jackson played a big role in the Trail of Tears. As stated above, he ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling twice, choosing to persecute anybody involved with the Cherokee tribe. Additionally, he signed the Treaty of New Echota, which gave away some Native American land. President Jackson also had the United States army force natives to march all the way from Georgia to Oklahoma just so the white population would be satisfied. In the end, he did not fulfill his role as President. The Trail of Tears also included the removal of the Creeks. They had the most land in Georgia because they were the largest Indian tribe in the state. During the colonial period, the Creek were a major trading partner with Georgia. However, they sided with the British during the American Revolution, which made their relationship with Georgia an unstable one, at