Trail of Tears

The Seminole lost the war and in January of 1837, several thousand American soldiers entered Florida and forced the Seminole to move. The Choctaw tribe was once again part of the Trail of Tears. On the day of September 27th, 1830 the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed. This was a pact between the Choctaw and the United States of America. It was the first treaty regarding the relocation of Native Americans under the direction of…

What issues and events led to the mass removal of Native Americans in the 1840s? What role did Andrew Jackson play in the Trail of Tears? What does his response to the removal reveal about Jackson’s vision of democracy? Early 1830s, hundreds of Native Americans lived on acres of land in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. However, the Europeans that began to inhabit the western frontier were scared of the Native Americans that they came in contact with. They were scared of what…

government uprooting whole tribes from their "sacred and ancestral lands and forcing them to walk hundreds of miles to reach far western territories." (pg.431) This long and painful journey was known as the Trail of Tears and it created even more hatred and tension between the U.S. and the Native Americans. Realizing that a peaceful settlement was impossible, the Native Americans began to fight back. However, their attacks did not come out on top and they were…

The Trail of Tears was the foremost crime that US government made. It was the migration route members of the Cherokee Nation followed in 1838–1839 when the federal government forced their removal from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory in present-day…

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The Trail of Tears and Cold-Blooded Sufferings “I fought through the Civil War and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands, but the Cherokee removal was the cruelest work I ever knew.” Quoted by a Georgian militiamen during the gathering of Cherokee Indians, he describes how horrible this removal was on the Native Americans that once lived in the Cherokee Territory. (Document D) Once the Cherokee were rounded up, they were sent to travel the Trail of Tears to the west side…

In history classes students are briefly taught about the Trail of Tears and many never think of it again. This historic event is an attempt at the eradication of a race of people just like the Holocaust but history is written by the victors so the awful treatment of the Native Americans is summed up to two words, "Manifest Destiny." So much Indian history was lost along the Trail of Tears where over 5,000 Cherokees died or went missing because almost nothing was kept on record and almost…

live in western North Carolina, but my relatives used to live in the more southern states til they got forced on the Trail Of Tears by Andrew Jackson’s troops. That wasn’t fair. The Cherokee brought the situation to supreme court and the judge was on their side. Andrew Jackson was greedy for land and didn’t listen to the judge . He still sent the native americans on the Trail Of Tears. I really don’t like him. I’d love to hear about you, but let me tell you about me first. 1 thing to know is…

of history were taught, then people would wonder what happened. It may not be the most exciting or fun event to learn about, but it is relevant and transfers knowledge and wisdom so that the less exciting parts of history aren’t repeated. The Trail of Tears is one of many tragic times in history. In the 1830s, the southeastern portion of the united states, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida, was populated with over 100,000 Native Americans, but by the end of the decade, very…

Native Americans would soon follow. In addition to being forced off their land, they trekked through snow with limited food and supplies for weeks as thousands died. This was the beginning of a long journey that would later be called the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears is one of America’s darkest moments, when greed became more important than human lives. This came as a result of president Andrew Jackson putting his personal interests first as he manipulated his way through the law. As the…