Native American History

Trail of Tears

May 17, 1838

Between 1790 and 1830 Georgia's population had gretly increased and with that population increase came the pressure on the Cherokee Indians. In 1830 Congress passed the "Indian Removal Act" Which declared that the Native Americans were to be militarily removed from Georgia to a reservation elsewhere. Many Natives died along the forced journey and the path they took while being removed became known as the 'Trail of Tears'

Trail of Death

Sep 4, 1838

Forced removal by the United States of the Potawatomi tride in Plymouth, Indiana to the location of present day Kansas.