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Treaty of Cherokee Agency
The whole point of the Treaty of Cherokee Agency was to further divide the Cherokee people, and keep making continue the goal of taking Cherokee lands possible for the use of whites in the Georgia region. -
Monroe Announced Relocation of Indians
Monroe announced, in 1825, his belief that the Native Americans should all be relocated to unsettled lands west of the Mississippi river, freeing up lands on the east coast for white settlers. -
Georgia Stripped Cherokee of Rights
in 1828, the state of Georgia stripped the Cherokee of legal rights in an attempt to force them to leave the state. -
Voting For the Act to be Approved
The House of Representatives voted 102 to 97 to pass the Indian Removal Act -
Indian Removal Act
The government was to pay all costs associated with migration, and the Indian Removal Act gave the government permission to negotiate the trade of lands east of the Mississippi river for lands west of the Mississippi River. -
Jackson's Indian removal outline
President Andrew Jackson outlined his Indian removal policy in his Second Annual Message to Congress. Jackson's comments on Indian removal begin with the words, "It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, -
John Ross gives opinion
With Congress and the president pursuing a removal policy, the Cherokee Nation, lead by John Ross asked the US Supreme Court to intervene on its behalf and protect it from GA trespasses. A year later in Worcester vs. GA the Supreme Court declared that GA violated the Cherokee nations sovereign status and intruded the treaty with the US. But Andrew Jackson continued to pressure the Indians to move west -
Cherokee Nation vs. The State of Georgia
Chief Justice John Marshall decided to identify Native American tribes as dependent nations from the United States. therefore,they were not afforded the protections of the Constitution. -
The Trail of Tears
The Us government promised the Cherokee nations 5 million dollars when they moved to Oklahoma. This money would be used for re construction. So the Indians packed up everything they into wagons and look the long hard journey to Oklahoma. -
Cherokee Act of Union
when 1839 rolled around the Cherokee united, in an attempt to preserve their rights and work together, rather than remaining separate nations. to get more respect from the US Government. -
Sources
Georgia Encyclopedia.org
Google.com (Pictures)
Soft Schools.com
Wikipedia.com
The library of congress.com
