History Of The Trail Of Death

  • Americans Bought Land And Found Gold

    Jackson wanted more land so he bought land from the French in which the Indians were living on. Later on as the Americans were searching through the land they found gold on the land and immedietly wanted the Indians gone.
  • Battle In Court

    After Jackson wanted the Indians gone he and Indians leaders went to Court to final what was the best choice and who would have the land.
  • The Couts Final Decision

    After both sides had their chance of saying their part the Court agreed with the Indian Leaders that they should keep their land.
  • Jackson's Reaction

    Jackson's reaction was that he thought the Court was mad. He bought the land and was already searching it. He decided that he would create a new act The Indian Removal Act.
  • The Indians Nightmare

    After the Indian Removal Act the Indians only had a matter of time. Hundreds of American troops came on the Indians land and forced them minutes to gra their belongings and start heading down west.
  • The Trail Of Death Begins

    60,000 Indians were forced to walk down one dirt road ontell the found new land. There were a decent amount of armd Americans along with the Indians because they didn't want the Indians to try and reclaim their land.
  • The Trail Of Death

    About 4,000 Indains died on the Trail Of Death because of dust, sickness, dehidration, infected wounds, and many more.
  • The New Home Land

    It has been a long and depressing travel but, the Indains had finally settled in a new home. They would live here for a good couple of years before the Americans came back because they were now living on oil rich land. The Indains moved again but, swore a retaliation.