4. Two Illegal Treaties 5. Betrayal and a Forced March The Cherokee are Native Americans. Long before the English colonists arrived‚ they lived in part of the region that became Georgia. Andrew Jackson became president in 1829. That same year‚ gold was discovered in Georgia. Settlers already wanted the Cherokee lands in Georgia. In 1830‚ Jackson signed into law Congress’s Indian Removal Act. According to this law‚ the president
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Indian Territory defined as west of Arkansas in present-day Oklahoma. In the year 1839‚ 16‚001 Native Americans were marched over 1‚200 miles of land.Over 4‚000 of these Indians died from disease‚ famine‚and warfare.The Indians tribe was called the Cherokee and we call this Trail of Tears.This was one of the most racist and brutal events to happen in America.The Trail of Tear .In 1840 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act because the metal
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to the period of time in which the Federal government forcibly removed thousands of Cherokee‚ along with the members of other Indian tribes. The Cherokee was succumbed to disease‚ lack of food‚ foul weather‚ mistreatment of soldiers‚ and much more. The removal process and the actual journey cost thousands of lives‚ extinguishing a large portion of the tribal population. The term Trail of Tears came from the Cherokee term Nunna dual Tsung‚ which translated meant “Trail where we cried” (Thornton 289)
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ENTRY I Part I Section I I-THE GODS The Greeks believed that the Earth was here before the gods; the gods did not create the universe‚ instead the universe made the gods. So the heaven and earth were the first parents‚ after them came the titans‚ and following them came the gods and goddesses. The titans were known to be big and of great strength. The one titan who over-ruled the rest was Cornus‚ also known as Saturn. He reigned until Zeus- his son dethroned him. Zeus was amongst the twelve
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Chang-e’s Ascent to the Moon Chang-e is the lunar goddess in Chinese traditional myths. In China‚ she is a widely known character. She is known as a very beautiful woman who is living alone in a palace in the moon called “Guanghan Palace”. Her story is one of the most famous tragedies in Chinese myths. Recently there are several “retold” versions of the story of Chang-e’s ascent to the moon in different media. In 2010‚ there was a teleplay named “Chang-e” that told about the love story
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in pine straw and vines‚ worn in the ground of eastern Tennessee. In the summer of 1838‚ about 13‚000 Cherokee walked this path from their homes in the Appalachian Mountains to a new‚ government mandated homeland in Oklahoma. The Trail of Tears was a journey of some 900 miles that took approximately nine months to complete. After they were rounded up from their villages and homes‚ the Cherokee were assembled in large internment camps‚ where some waited for weeks before heading out in waves of approximately
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Debate “The Cherokee Indians are one of the largest of five Native American tribes who settled in the American Southeast portion of the country. The tribe came from Iroquoian descent. They had originally been from the Great Lakes region of the country‚ but eventually settled closer to the east coast.” When thinking of Indians‚ most Americans jump to the stereotypical tee pee dwelling‚ buffalo hunting savages that are inferior to whites. This is not the case of the Cherokee. The Cherokee live in log
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Schmidt 1 Forced Removal of the Cherokee Nation Arguments over land‚ restrictions‚ and laws were common between the Cherokee nation and the government of the United States. The events that transpired after Andrew Jacksons Presidency and the Indian policies he put in place have caused Americans to question morality. In an article by Tim Garrison it suggest that the removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of agriculture‚ the discovery of gold
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past and open to interpretation in different ways Each book has a specific topic Preface December 1828‚ young Cherokee student polled the issue of Indian removal w/ her playmates Andrew Jackson was an advocate of Indian removal There was a possibility of moving west of the Mississippi dominated the children’s thoughts All white Americans supported Cherokee removal All Cherokee opposed The drama itself took place against a complicated backdrop of ideology‚ self-interest‚ party politics‚ altruism
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The act gave Jackson the power to make “treaties” with the “Five Civilized Tribes”—the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ Chickasaw‚ and Seminole. However‚ the tribes refused to leave their land‚ and Jackson resorted to using military force. The Cherokee responded by forming their own Constitution and went to court in 1831 to fight for their land. Chief Justice John Marshall and the other jurors decided that the Cherokee had the right to govern themselves‚ and the actions of Georgia were considered unconstitutional
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