Trail of Tears

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The Trail of Tears was a hard battled journey for the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee were driven to move west. They had to compromise and sign treaties, which drove them out of their land by the U.S. government. This was unfair to the Cherokees; the white settlers wanted the land for gold. Trail of tears is historically monumental because it shows the U.S. government cruelty to the Native Americans. It was unfair rights because they basically stole Cherokees land to satisfy their hunger for gold. The Removal Act of 1830 paved the way for the hesitant and generally—journey of ten of thousands of Native Americans to move more westward. The very first removal treaty was signed after the Removal Act of 1830. This treaty made Choctaws in Mississippi ceded land east of the river. The U.S. government would give money in exchange for land in the east of the river for land in the west. The Choctaw chief quoted to Arkansas Gazette that in 1831 Choctaw Removal was a Trail of Tears and downfalls. The treaty signed in 1835 was known as the Treaty of Echota, which resulted in the removal of the Cherokees on “The Trail of Tears.” The Seminoles decided not to leave also as the other tribes left peacefully. The Seminoles resisted leaving their homeland. In winter of 1838-39, fourteen thousand were marched one thousand two hundred miles through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. Roughly estimated four thousand died from lack of food, exposure and disease. The government soldiers would appear without notice at a Cherokee front door and order the people inside the home, men women and children, to immediately evacuate and take only what each could carry. They were forced marched to thoughtlessly assembled barriers like cattle and le... ... middle of paper ... ... "Indian Removal." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. "MILESTONES: 1830-1860." Http://history.state.gov. Historian of the U.S. Department of State, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. . Emerson, Ralph W. "A Protest Against the Removal of the Cherokee Indians From the State of Georgia." Letter to Martin Van Buren, President of The United States. 23 Apr. 1838. MS. Concord, MA. "Removal Act of 1830." Removal Act of 1830. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. . "Removal Act of 1830." Removal Act of 1830. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. Jackson, Andrew. "Home." Our Documents -. CIvic Online, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. .

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