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Alexander McGillvray
In, 1784 he negotiated the Treaty of Pensacola with Spain, which protected Creek rights in Florida and guaranteed access to the British trading firm of Panton, Leslie, and Company. -
Andrew Jackson
General Andrew Jackson took control of American troops in January 1818. -
Sequoyah
In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible -
William McIntosh
In 1825 McIntosh negotiated and signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, signing away all Creek lands in Georgia and thereby defying most of the reforms that he had encouraged and the laws that he had helped write. -
John Ross
John Ross helped to establish the Cherokee Nation's first government and became principal chief in 1827. -
Dangonega Gold Rush
North Georgia known as cherokee nation was flooded by thousands of people searching for gold. -
Trail Of Tears
The Trail of Tears is a name given to the ethnic cleansing and forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. -
John Marshall
Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1831. -
Worcester V. GA.
he did not protect the cherokee from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the southeast.
