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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson directed the killing of 800 Creeks. The Red Stick War officially ended in August 1814 with the Treaty of Fort Jackson. -
Sequoyah
Sequoyah invented a system of eighty-four to eighty-six characters that represented syllables in spoken Cherokee that was completed in 1821 he became the first person to single-handily devise a successful system of writing. -
Alexander McGillivray
After the Rovolutionary war Alexander used his growing influence to resist Georgia's attempt to take 2,000 acres of land and protect the sovereign rights of the Creek people. In 1784, McGillivray negotiated the Treaty of Pensacola with Spain which protected Creek rights in Florida. -
John Ross
Ross became the principal of the Cherokee Nation in 1827 following the establishment of a goverment modeled on that of the United States. Ross's faith Ross's faith in the republican form of government gave him confidence that the Cherokee's rights would be protected. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
By late 1829, North Georgia, known at the time as the Cherokee Nation, was flooded by thousands of prospectors looking for gold. -
John Marshall
Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia believed that the Cherokees should receive the protection of the U.S. government, the state of Georgia continued to encroach upon Cherokee lands. -
William McItosh
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.
