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Native americans in America
It's believed that the Native Americans have been in America for over 15000 years -
Period: 1490 to
The Cherokee peace
The Native Americans lived in peace for 340 years with only minor conflicts, but the biggest was yet to come. The forced relocation of all the Native Americans on the Chreokee land would become the darkest story in their history -
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Native Americans and Christofer Columbus
The Native Americans remained undiscovered until the 1490s when the italian explorer Christofer Colombus went on a journey to find India.
When Columbus came to what he thought was India he met the Native Americans, but in the misconception of him finding India he called the people Indians. -
The first gold rush
The first U.S gold rush started in 1830 when the Georgians found gold on the Cherokee land. The Georgians hunger for gold made them trespass on the Cherokee Land. The pressure started mounting on the government and the president Andrew Jackson to remove the Cherokee people from the areas, so that the Georgians could mine for gold. The president therefore signed the Indian removal act, which started the forced relocations of hundreds of cherokeees from the South to the West of missisippi. -
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The first relocations
There were 5 major tribes on the cherokee land to be removed, the first was the "Choctaw Nation" The Choctaws was removed in Three stages, first in the fall of 1831, so in 1832 and 1833. -
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The rest of the tribes
After the removal of the Choctaw nation, the rest of the tribes was removed accordingly, except for the Cherokee People who stayed on the land until 1838. -
The last tribe
The last tribe to be removed from the Cherokee land was the Cherokees themselves, They were forcefully removed when the president at the time Martin Van Buren ordered 7000 militia troops to dislodge the Cherokees of the land. As many as 4000 died beacuse of exposure to disease and starvation. -
"Trail of Tears" Aftermath
The families of the tribes had been divided. and around 4000 Native Americans died, and the Cherokee people had a difficult time settling in on their new land. The trail of Tears became the darkest story in their history
