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Alexander McGillivray
McGillivray used his growing influence within Creek society to resist Georgia's attempt to confiscate three million acres of land and to otherwise protect what he viewed as the sovereign rights of the Creek people. -
Sequoyah
Sequoyah created the syllabary which infuriated the state of Georgia, which had an agreement with the U.S. government to remove the Native Americans. -
William McIntosh
McIntosh negotiated and signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which meant that he signed away all Creek lands in Georgia and as a result he was killed. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
In 1828, the gold attracted white settlers to North Georgia -
Andrew Jackson Signing the Indian Removal Act
He signed the Indian Removal Act which authorized the President to negotiate treaties to buy tribal lands in the east in exchange for lands further west, outside of existing U.S. state borders. -
John Ross
John Ross became the chief of the Cherokee nation and fought against the Georgia lottery which were giving way Cherokee lands. -
Andrew Jackson Signing the Treaty of New Echota
He signed the Treaty of New Echota that would remove all Cherokees from Georgia in exchange for lands in Oklahoma. -
Trail of Tears
The Native Americans relocated from their homeland to Indian Territory which was in Oklahoma. However, many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation while traveling. By this year, all nations were removed. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Samuel Worcester and others were arrested for not having a state liscense to live in the Cherokee Nation but the Chief Justice, John Marshall, ruled that Georgia did not have the right to arrest these people so this identified that the laws of Georgia did not apply to the lands of the Cherokee Nation. -
John Marshall
He ruled in favor of Sam Worcester in the court case Worcester v. Georgia case.
