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Georgia and the federal government sign a compact
In 1802, the Georgia legislature signed a compact giving the federal government all of her claims to western lands in exchange for the government's pledge to extigiush all Indian titles to land within the state. -
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 is signed.
The Act which allowed the Americans to extract the Indians from their land to a designated area. -
Choctaw sign the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
The Choctaw were the first Indian tribe to voluntary be removed to the western land. -
The Choctaw Indians are removed
The Choctaw Indians were removed from their lands in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. -
Trail of Tears begins
The Trail of Tears was the mass removal of the Five Indian Tribes, because of the Indian Removal Act. -
Cherokee Nation Vs. Georgia
The Cherokee tribes took the case to court and said the Indian Removal Act of 1830 deprived them of their rights on their land. They lost the trial. -
Seminoles are moved
The Seminoles that didn't refuse to move left. -
Worcester Vs. Georgia
Georgia passed a law that said all whites must have a state license to live in Cherokee territory. -
Treaty of Cusseta is signed
The treaty said the Creeks (Muscogee) ceded all land east of the Mississippi River. -
Creek Indians move
Creek Indians are removed -
Second Seminole War begins
The Seminoles who refused to move to the west and started the war. -
Treaty of New Echota
This treaty was signed by the Cherokee nation, and lead to the forced relocation of the tribe in 1838 -
The Chickasaw move
The Chickasaw Indians voluntary move to the western land to avoid conflict -
Trail of Tears ended
The Indians finally stop moving and ended with the Cherokees -
Cherokee are removed from their land
The Cherokee are forced to move to the western land -
The Second Seminole War ends
The Second Seminole War ends
