The Trail of Tears Introduction The Trail of Tears was a 1000-2000 mile journey that five tribes had to walk in order to get to their designated land that Andrew Jackson called “Indian Territory.” The Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles, were forced out of their homelands, not given any other option but to leave, or be killed trying to stay in their home where you made memories with families and friends. The trail was where thousands of people died from horrible sicknesses, starvation, and the harsh weather. The Trail of Tears, the migration of the Native Americans, is an important event in history because it created understanding of what the Native Americans had to go through, it commemorated their journey, and helps…
In 1838, General Winfield Scott arrived with and army and began to dive the Indians towards Oklahoma, this was known as the trail of tears. Many other tribe were forced out and if they would not go then they were…
This mistreatment of Indians would be named the “Trail of Tears” and hold significance as one of the times the US has brutalized a people for economic and homeland security…
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 Indian Removal Act of 1830, also known as the Trail of Tears, was the forced removal of Indians from their homes to the state of Oklahoma, which was considered Indian territory at the time.…
Why the Trail of Tears? The Trail of Tears was the name, given by the Cherokee Indians, to the forced march from their lands in the southeastern United States to the Indian Territory during 1838-1839. This event is a huge black spot in American history. This is only one instance in the history of man where domination of a weaker race of man occurred.…
The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears During the spring semester of 2016, I was given the opportunity to read a very insightful book called, The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, by Theda Purdue and Micheal D. Green. The book covers the events leading up to, during, and directly after the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears was the mass migration of Native Americans from their motherland in the eastern shores of the United States, to the territories of the southwestern United States. Throughout the early 19th Century, there were many conflicts between the government and Native Americans; although none were more racially and economically motivated than that of the state of Georgia and it’s citizens. “We believe the present plan…
Trail Of Tears- An event in history which happened in…
In his message to Congress, President Jackson stated “The consequences of a speedy removal will be important to the United States, to individual States, and to the Indians themselves. The pecuniary advantages which it promises to the Government are the least of its recommendations. It puts an end to all possible danger of collision between the authorities of the General and State Governments on account of the Indians. It will place a dense and civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters.” In this source, he argues the evacuation will stabilise their position with Indians, although the forced relocation became known as the “Trail of Tears” as it caused a 25% death rate for the tribes involved.…
It forced the Native Indians to surrender millions of acres of land and to move to west. Throughout the removal many Indians suffered through sickness and death. The Indian Removal Act not only removed the Indians from their rightful lands forcefully but also is responsible for over 4000 deaths of the Native Americans, that today is known as the ‘Trail of Tears’. Bibliography Calloway, Colin G. Kill the Indian and Save the Man 1870s-1920s. (In Bedford/St. Martin’s (Ed.), First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History, 4th ed., 2012) 412-483.…
The Trail of Tears begins a short time before the Revolutionary War, roughly 1771, with the birth of a Cherokee names Ridge. Ridge, who was one-quarter Scot, and his family settled in northwest Georgia with several other mixed-blood Cherokees. This territory is where the Cherokee Nation would eventually be centered around. When Ridge reached manhood, around the age of sixteen, he became a warrior. Doublehead, a corrupt Indian chief, taught and instructed Ridge to be a warrior and then took him on raids against white settlers.…
Trail of Tears The trail of tears is one of the saddest and darkest chapters in American history. The trail of tears was part of the Indian removal act. Thousands of Indians against their will were forced to leave their homes and travel westward. Very few escaped this removal.…
The answer to research question will unveil why the Cherokees termed the journey as the trail of tears. The Cherokee lived in east Mississippi however in early 19th century, white settlers perceived Cherokees and other Indian Nations as obstacles to development. The settlers influenced the federal government to acquire the Indian Territory for purposes of planting cotton. In 1814 the federal government headed by President Jackson yielded to pressure and commanded the US military forces to remove Indians; they started by defeating the Creek nation, and then shifted to the Seminoles because they had harbored fugitive slaves who lived among them.…
The Trail of Tears was a dark turn in Native American history, which also affected Mississippi during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Jackson’s Indian Removal Act forced out the Native Americans out of their land by the federal government and walk thousands of miles to designated territories across the Mississippi river. This was caused by white America’s urge to expand and grow cotton in the southern states. Since majority of the states was owned by the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek tribes Almost 125,000 Indians preoccupied the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida during the 1830s since the time of their ancestors. This issue boiled over when white settlers were infuriated by the population of Native…
In 1829, the U.S. found Gold amongst the Cherokee’s land in Georgia. At this point they were forced out of their lands at bayonet point and marched 1000 miles to where they live presently, in Northeastern Oklahoma. Throughout the large movement of Cherokee Indians to their new lands in 1829, many died both during and after the march as a direct result of it and was therefore named the “Trail of Tears”. This was the most significant colonial conflict the Cherokee Indians have ever faced.…