Trail of Tears: Andrew Jackson's Removal Treaties

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Migration starting the original Cherokee Nation arose in the early 1800’s. The Cherokee’s were one of the richest tribes in the United States. Many Cherokees owned small farms and had a few large plantations where Africans were imprisoned. More or less Cherokees were cautious of white infringement and moved west on their own to settle down in other areas of the nation. Previously the Old Settlers had willingly relocated in 1817 to Arkansas where they created a government also well as a diplomatic way of life. The Old Settlers were forced to migrate to Indian Territory. Hatred of the Cherokee had been stirring and reached a peak following the finding of gold in northern Georgia. This encounter was made once the foundation and passage of the original Cherokee Nation constitution and institutions of a Cherokee Supreme Court. Gold was discovered on Cherokee lands in 1829. Settlers poured in to stake their claims. Influenced by "gold fever" and a longing for expansion, many bleached societies turned on their Cherokee neighbors. The U.S. government eventually decided it was time for the Cherokees to be removed. President Andrew Jackson's military command and his life were protected thanks to the support of 500 Cherokee allies at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. It was Jackson who authorized the Indian Removal Act of 1830 following the endorsement of President James Monroe in his concluding address to Congress in 1825. Jackson, as president, endorsed an attitude that has carried on for many years among countless white migrants. Thomas Jefferson, who often quoted the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois Confederacy as the model for the U.S. Constitution, had been supportive of the Indian Removal as early as 1802.
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