The trail of tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American Nations.The nations that were relocated were Cherokee, Muscogee,seminole,Chicksaw, and Choctaw. The reason that they were relocated was because president Thomas Jefferson believed Indians should’ve been civilized. Jefferson also wanted to convert them to Christianity. In 1791 a series of treaties between the United States and the Cherokees, the treaties gave recognition to the Cherokees as a nation with their own laws and customs. The tribes were living as autonomous nations that would be later be known as the American Reep South.
The tribes traveled by water as by land.There were three groups Cherokees, the first group of Cherokees left on June 6 by steamboat,barge from Ross’s landing on the Tennessee River, which is present day Chattanooga. The other two groups suffered more from diseases, caused by a severe drought, this was found more among children. …show more content…
Each detachment was headed by a conductor and an assistant conductor. The Cheokees that signed the Treaty of New Echota were moved in a different detachment conducted by John Bell and administered by U.S Army Lieutenant Edward Deas. The most commonly used overland route followed a northern alignment, while the other detachments followed more southern routes. The northern route started at Calhoun, Tennessee and crossed central Tennessee,southweastern Kentucky, and southern Illinois.
On May 28, 1830 the government passed the Indian Removal Act. President Jackson agreed to divide the U.S territory west of the Mississippi into districts for the tribes, to replace the land that they were taken from. President Jackson promised that the land would be owned by Indians
The tribes traveled by water as by land.There were three groups Cherokees, the first group of Cherokees left on June 6 by steamboat,barge from Ross’s landing on the Tennessee River, which is present day Chattanooga. The other two groups suffered more from diseases, caused by a severe drought, this was found more among children. …show more content…
Each detachment was headed by a conductor and an assistant conductor. The Cheokees that signed the Treaty of New Echota were moved in a different detachment conducted by John Bell and administered by U.S Army Lieutenant Edward Deas. The most commonly used overland route followed a northern alignment, while the other detachments followed more southern routes. The northern route started at Calhoun, Tennessee and crossed central Tennessee,southweastern Kentucky, and southern Illinois.
On May 28, 1830 the government passed the Indian Removal Act. President Jackson agreed to divide the U.S territory west of the Mississippi into districts for the tribes, to replace the land that they were taken from. President Jackson promised that the land would be owned by Indians