Margaret Ann Meyer Olivia Walker Trinity Hiatt 3rd Hour Trail Of Tears What was the Trail of Tears? The Trail of Tears was in 1838 to 1839. It was part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian Policy. The Cherokee were forced to give up their land east of the Mississippi River and were forced to migrate somewhere in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee then called this movement the “Trail of Tears”, because of the horrible effects they faced. While they migrated, they had faced hunger, many deadly diseases, and much exhaustion. Over 4,000 out of the 15,000 that migrated had died. The Trail of Tears commemorates the suffering of the Cherokee people who were forced for removal, of where they had settled. If any arts from the Cherokee were left as a symbol …show more content…
The trail had a water route that stretched over Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. The British Proclamation of 1763 had peacefully designated the region between Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River as the Indian Territory. Many times the British and U.S. government ignored these acts of trespassing. In 1829 a big gold rush had occurred on Cherokee land in Georgia. Huge amounts were found which would cause wealth. Many Georgia mines produced at the most, 300 ounces of gold a day. Congress then soon passed the Indian Removal Act. It removed the eastern nations to tracts of western land of Mississippi and there was an amount of money provided for transportation and to native landowners. The price provided was around 500 dollars. The Southeast Indians were the most tightly organized and most investigated in agriculture. The most popular tribes that were getting made to move were Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Cherokee. They were known as the outsiders, because they located themselves in prime agricultural areas and had taught themselves and each other to be very well developed. That meant speculators who purchased properties could immediately turn a profit to fields that were already cleared, pastured with fence, barns, and houses
The United States may be glamor of hope and prosperity for many nations still undergoing democratic maturity and development; however, her story is one that combines deadly struggles and an array of governmental decisions that defined the path to freedom of now the world’s most powerful country. One of the ways to understand the history of the United States is through revisiting the Trail of Tears, which is documented in the film. We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears. Notably, the film documentary with five parts in total highlighting the history of Native Americans from the 17th
Back in 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. This act required the government to negotiate treaties that would require the Native Americans to move to the west from their homelands. Native Americans would be moved to an area called the Indian Territory, which is Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska. Some tribes that were to be moved are Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw. All of the other tribes had relocated in the fall of 1831 to the Indian Territory besides the Cherokee who did not relocate until the fall of 1838.
The Cherokee Trail of Tears resulted from the execution of the Treaty of New Echota (1835), an “agreement” signed under the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears). With the expansion of the American population, the discovery of gold in Georgia, and the need for even more land for American results in the push to move the Natives who were “in the way”. So with the Indian Removal Act of 1830, Congress acted to remove Natives on the east coast of the United States to land west of the Mississippi River, something in which was never embraced or approved by them (The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears). Many state governments, such as Georgia, did not want Native-owned land within their boundaries, while the Natives did not want to move. However, under the Removal Act, the United States Congress gave then-President Andrew Jackson the authority to negotiate removal treaties.
The Trail of Tears was one of the deadliest and most gruesome act of violence ever carried out in the 19th century. It would result in the death of 4000 Indians in a forced relocation of 15000 Cherokee. This march was directly carried out by the United States Government and the Jackson administration. It was characterized at the time as a humanitarian alternative to letting the Native Americans die at the hands of land hungry white settlers. However, this event was inherently evil as it was purely based on greed, racism, and the unspoken purpose of prolonging southern society; it was also unconstitutional in multiple aspects.
The settlers had used their land so much for farming, that it was no longer as good and fertile as new soil. However, being hunters, the Indian tribes had plenty of land suitable for harvest. In 1828, gold was found in the Cherokee lands of Georgia. This, along with the desire for more land, gave settlers incentive to remove the Natives.
The Trail of Tears is a historical title given to an event that happened in 1838.In this event, the Cherokee community of Native Americans was forced by the USA government to move from their native home in the Southern part of the contemporary America to what is known as the Indian territories of Oklahoma. While some travelled by water, most of them travelled by land. The Cherokees took 6 months to complete an 800 miles distance to their destination.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830, it demanded. most American Indian tribes to move eastward of the Mississippi River toward the lands. in the west of the country. Cherokee people were forced to march westward on the Trail of Tears. In 1832 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee people.
The trail of tears was an important event in the U.S history because it talks about how the Indians
In 1838 President Andrew Jackson passed an Indian Removal policy, this policy would ensure loss of home and many deaths for the Native Americans. In the early 1830s there were approximately 125,000 Native Americans whom lived in vast lands in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.(Trail of Tears). These lands were very important to the Native Americans who honored the lands their past ancestors walked and built a life.(Trail of T.). Sadly by the end of the decade many things had changed for the Native Americans.
The Chickasaw people made of decently well compared to some of the other Native American tribes that were moved to the West. They had foresight into what was going to take place and they were able to negotiate the sale of their land off for decent sums of money and they actually could afford to pay for the removal to areas west of the Mississippi. Even with saying that many Chickasaw Natives died on the perilous exodus that was their Trail of Tears. The Chickasaw quickly ran into troubles and death as their journey progressed as even having sums of money cannot protect you from the hardships of the land and travel. They did however control when they departed for the areas in the West though due to their possession of money. They chose
In the early 1800s as the United States was expanding into the South, white settlers faced a barrier. The area they were expanding into was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations. To the white settlers, these nations were standing in the way, so they pressured the federal government to take away the land from them. These nations were forced to take a route that led to reservations west of the Mississippi River known as the Trail of Tears.
In the essay, “The Trail of Tears” by author Dee Brown explains that the Cherokees isn’t Native Americans that evaporate effectively from their tribal land, but the enormous measure of sympathy supported on their side that was abnormal. The Cherokees process towards culture also the treachery of both states and incorporated governments of the declaration and promises that contrived to the Cherokee nation. Dee Brown wraps up that the Cherokees had lost Kentucky and Tennessee, but a man who once consider their buddy named Andrew Jackson had begged the Cherokees to move to Mississippi but the bad part is the Indians and white settlers never get along together even if the government wanted to take care of them from harassment it shall be incapable to do that. The Cherokee families moved to the West, but the tribes were together and denied to give up more land but Jackson was running for President if the Georgians elects him as President he agreed that he should give his own support to open up the Cherokee lands for establishment.
Natives were forcefully removed from their land in the 1800’s by America. In the 1820’s and 30’s Georgia issued a campaign to remove the Cherokees from their land. The Cherokee Indians were one of the largest tribes in America at the time. Originally the Cherokee’s were settled near the great lakes, but overtime they moved to the eastern portion of North America. After being threatened by American expansion, Cherokee leaders re-organized their government and adopted a constitution written by a convention, led by Chief John Ross (Cherokee Removal). In 1828 gold was discovered in their land. This made the Cherokee’s land even more desirable. During the spring and winter of 1838- 1839, 20,000 Cherokees were removed and began their journey to Oklahoma. Even if natives wished to assimilate into America, by law they were neither citizens nor could they hold property in the state they were in. Principal Chief, John Ross and Major Ridge were leaders of the Cherokee Nation. The Eastern band of Cherokee Indians lost many due to smallpox. It was a year later that a Treaty was signed for cession of Cherokee land in Texas. A small number of Cherokee Indians assimilated into Florida, in o...
In the early 1830’s, several Native Americans were removed from their homelands and forced to move further west of the Mississippi River. This horrible event was known as the Trail of Tears. It involved several different tribes, however, the most commonly known was the Cherokee Indians.
Despite the fact that the Trail of Tears occurred over 178 years ago (1838-1839) it is still used as a reminder to the Native American population that the inequity that existed almost two centuries ago still persists today (Ridnor). As a product of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Native American population was forced to migrate thousands of miles across the United States, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4,000 people (Ridnor). The creators of the banner in the image seen above purposely chose the imagery associated with the Trail of Tears to get a negative reaction out of the opposing team with little regard to the Native American population that suffered from this historic