During 1838 and 1839 the Trail of Tears was one of the most devastating events in American history. The Trail of Tears was a forced movement of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole tribes to the west of the Mississippi river. The Indian Removal Act and the Treaty of New Echota are the major causes of the Trail of Tears, which resulted a major decrease in the Indian population due to the massive amount of deaths. The Indian Removal Act was passed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The cause of the act was that the government needed their land to improve their economy and industrial business. 2 This act allowed the president to grant Indian tribes unsettled western land in exchange for their territories within
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The major conflict was that the Cherokee Chief, John Ross, didn’t approve the treaty; that had been negotiated by, one of the Cherokee leaders, Major Ridge who claimed to represent the Cherokee Nation but he spoke only for a small faction . As an illustration “ And whereas a delegation of the Cherokee nation composed of Messrs. John Ross Richard Taylor Danl. McCoy Samuel Gunter and William Rogers with full power and authority to conclude a treaty with the United States did on the 28th day of February 1835 stipulate and agree with the Government of the United States to submit to the Senate to fix the amount which should be allowed the Cherokees for their claims and for a cession of their lands east of the Mississippi river, and did agree to abide by the award of the Senate of the United States themselves and to recommend the same to their people for their final determination,” reveals the falsehood of this statement . Approximately 16,000 Cherokees signed the petition, but regardless Congress approved the treaty. By 1838, only about 1/8 of the Cherokees had left their Georgia homeland for their new territory which led to forced removal by General Winfield Scott and his soldiers to take over the removal process of the ones remaining. 9 As a result of this treaty, the betrayed Cherokee nation killed Major Ridge, his son and Elias Boudinot
The major conflict was that the Cherokee Chief, John Ross, didn’t approve the treaty; that had been negotiated by, one of the Cherokee leaders, Major Ridge who claimed to represent the Cherokee Nation but he spoke only for a small faction . As an illustration “ And whereas a delegation of the Cherokee nation composed of Messrs. John Ross Richard Taylor Danl. McCoy Samuel Gunter and William Rogers with full power and authority to conclude a treaty with the United States did on the 28th day of February 1835 stipulate and agree with the Government of the United States to submit to the Senate to fix the amount which should be allowed the Cherokees for their claims and for a cession of their lands east of the Mississippi river, and did agree to abide by the award of the Senate of the United States themselves and to recommend the same to their people for their final determination,” reveals the falsehood of this statement . Approximately 16,000 Cherokees signed the petition, but regardless Congress approved the treaty. By 1838, only about 1/8 of the Cherokees had left their Georgia homeland for their new territory which led to forced removal by General Winfield Scott and his soldiers to take over the removal process of the ones remaining. 9 As a result of this treaty, the betrayed Cherokee nation killed Major Ridge, his son and Elias Boudinot