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Cherokees began trading
Trading began between the Cherokee Indians and the white settlers.
(Blanchard,Janecki and Lamers)
(Trade with the Indians, 1820) image -
French and Indian war
7 years of war where the Cherokee Indians joined the British forces to defeat the French. Many lives of the Cherokees were lost during this war. 1754-1763. (Bryan) -
Treaty of Augusta
The Cherokee and Creek Indians sign over land to British settlers to relieve an ongoing debt. ("On this Date June 1 1773...Georgia") -
American Revolution
The Cherokees fought alongside the British forces against the settlers.1776-1783. (Blanchard, Janecki and Lamers) (Native Americans trained the Colonist to fight in the wilderness) -
Treaty of Holston
American citizens must have passport to enter Cherokee Territory and in exchange the Cherokees give up their land in Eastern Tennessee. (Blanchard, Janecki, Lamers) (image Kaskey, Harlow ) -
Georgia Compact
This compact stated any land that was abandon by the Cherokee Indians would become the possession of the state. (1802-Jefferson and the Georgia Compact)(image Sturtevant) -
Louisiana Purchase
This was a land deal between the United States and France where America gained 827,000 sq. miles of land west of the Mississippi river.(Louisiana Purchase)(Louisiana Purchase Treaty image) -
Migration to the Arkansas Territory
One fourth of the Cherokee Indians volunteer to migrate to the Arkansas Territory (Welge) (Cherokee-indian)image -
Treaty of Turkeytown
Treaty between the United States and the Cherokees. This deal provided to be given western lands if they agreed to move to Arkansas area.("Leaving Home and the Trail of Tears")("Treaty with the Cherokee, 1817) image -
New Echota
New Echota in Georgia became the capital of the Cherokee nation. (Garrison) (New Echota) image -
Georgia Legislature extends jurisdiction over land
Georgia legislature passes law where they can take over Cherokee territory to seize the lands and divide them into parcels. The parcels were offered to the the citizens in a lottery. (Garrison) (Parrish) image -
The Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson signed bill passed by congress to give Indians unsettled lands west of the Mississippi for their existing lands. ("Indian Removal Act")("Indian Removal Act Map") -
The Treaty of New Echota
This treaty provided the removal of All Cherokees East of the Mississippi river. (Welge) (New Echota Historical Site) image -
Army to March the Cherokees Out to Indian territory
Martin Van Buren had the Army to go to the Cherokee lands and march the Indians toward the Indian Territory. This was the beginning of the Trail of Tears. (Garrison) (Standley) image -
Trail of Tears
The removal of Cherokee Indians from the southeast to the present day Oklahoma. Over 4000 Cherokee deaths occurred on the trail. (Boulware) (Lindneux)image -
Cherokee Sells Land to Osage Tribe.
The Osage Tribe purchased land for their own reservation from the Cherokee Nation in present day Oklahoma. (Welge) (Osage Warrior) -
Boomer Movement
The Boomer movement led by David Payne, opened unassigned lands to the settlers in the central Indian territory. (Hoig) (Lovegrove) image -
Dawes General Allotment Act
The Dawes Allotment Act is where the United States would allow individual ownership of reservation land by fellow Indians. This would also allow the land owners to be US citizens. (Tikkanen) -
The Land Run of 1893
The largest land run where 6,000,000 acres of Cherokee land was open for settlement of American citizens.("Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893".) ("First train leaving the line north of Orlando for Perry Sept 16 1893.") image -
Five Civilized Tribes
All members of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole tribes were granted citizenship and voting privileges to promote achieving statehood for the Oklahoma Territory which became a state in 1907 (Ojibwa) ("Five Civilized Tribes") image
