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The Hopewell Treaty
The Hopewell Treaty was made to make boundaries for the Cherokee hunting grounds and put limits on culturally significant land. -
Compact of 1802
the federal government agrees to get rid of the Native American land title and get the Cherokees out of the state, then Georgia gives up claims on western land. -
1803 Louisiana Territory
This purchase from France in 1803 gave Thomas Jefferson the option to relocate eastern tribes past the Mississippi River. -
1814 Battle of Horse Shoe Bend
Andrew Jackson forced a treaty on them so they surrendered over twenty-million acres of their land. -
1817 Treaty of Cherokee Agency
This treaty was made to divide the Cherokee and the taking of land was part of the treaty. -
Congress Passes Prevention Act
Congress passes an act to prevent any more decline in the Indian population but this act caused the opposite to happen.Congress gives $10,000.00 a year to teach farming, reading, writing, and math to these people. -
Indian Trade Act
This act stopped trading with the Indian Tribes -
Johnson v. McIntosh
The Supreme Court case Johnson v. McIntosh made it so that Native Americans could only sell their land to the government. -
Indian Relocation
President Monroe made the decision that all Indians should be relocated west of the Mississippi. -
The Treaty of Washington
The Treaty of Washington gave the Cherokees west of the Mississippi, giving them seven million acres of land as apology of the mass removal.
