Eastern Cherokee in the early-to-mid 19th century. However‚ it all really begins in 1830. Major Ridge was discussing treaties regarding selling land to the U.S. Government. The Cherokee believed that lived in their own sanctuary‚ their paradise‚ and that their ancestors had always lived here. Major Ridge felt if he could die to preserve his people land’s he would gladly do so. The Cherokee picked the wrong side during the American Revolution which caused American soldiers to desecrate Cherokee lands
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first half of the nineteenth century‚ the Cherokee legislature enacted a series of laws regulating sex and marriage that reveal the efforts of Cherokee authorities to modify conceptions of gender and race in the Nation.” –Fay Yarbrough‚ Legislating Women’s Sexuality: Cherokee Marriage Laws in the 19th Century‚ 385 Yarbrough’s statement illustrates how Cherokee officials were redefining Cherokees racially and sought to control the marital behavior of Cherokee women because they had the ability to create
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The Cherokee Indians have lived on this continent far longer than anyone of British decent. Yet they were removed‚ in a brutal manner‚ from their homeland‚ on which they have lived for countless centuries. This journey of removal was called the Trail of Tears‚ and this paper will show the effect it had on the Cherokee. It will be told how they lived before they were removed‚ tell the events that led to their removal‚ explain the conditions of travel‚ and tell what has happened to the Cherokee after
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4. Two Illegal Treaties 5. Betrayal and a Forced March The Cherokee are Native Americans. Long before the English colonists arrived‚ they lived in part of the region that became Georgia. Andrew Jackson became president in 1829. That same year‚ gold was discovered in Georgia. Settlers already wanted the Cherokee lands in Georgia. In 1830‚ Jackson signed into law Congress’s Indian Removal Act. According to this law‚ the president
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Andrew Jackson and his supporters have been criticized for upholding the principles of majority rule and the supremacy of the federal government inconsistently and unfairly. The validity of this statement varies in the cases of the re-charter of the Bank‚ the nullification controversy‚ and the removal of the Native Americans. In the case of the re-charter of the bank‚ the statement is not valid. He did uphold the principles of the majority rule and not of the supremacy of the government. The bank
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Indian Territory defined as west of Arkansas in present-day Oklahoma. In the year 1839‚ 16‚001 Native Americans were marched over 1‚200 miles of land.Over 4‚000 of these Indians died from disease‚ famine‚and warfare.The Indians tribe was called the Cherokee and we call this Trail of Tears.This was one of the most racist and brutal events to happen in America.The Trail of Tear .In 1840 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act because the metal
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Schmidt 1 Forced Removal of the Cherokee Nation Arguments over land‚ restrictions‚ and laws were common between the Cherokee nation and the government of the United States. The events that transpired after Andrew Jacksons Presidency and the Indian policies he put in place have caused Americans to question morality. In an article by Tim Garrison it suggest that the removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of agriculture‚ the discovery of gold
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in pine straw and vines‚ worn in the ground of eastern Tennessee. In the summer of 1838‚ about 13‚000 Cherokee walked this path from their homes in the Appalachian Mountains to a new‚ government mandated homeland in Oklahoma. The Trail of Tears was a journey of some 900 miles that took approximately nine months to complete. After they were rounded up from their villages and homes‚ the Cherokee were assembled in large internment camps‚ where some waited for weeks before heading out in waves of approximately
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not everyone supported the enactment. People reasoned that the Indian Removal Act was “unfortunate but necessary‚” while others said it was a “terrible injustice.” During this time‚ chief justice of Supreme Court‚ John Marshall believed that the Cherokee‚ a Native American tribe‚ had an “unquestionable right” to their territory. He added‚ “Until title should be extinguished by
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those who did were put on reservations. Despite their best efforts to remain their own sovereign nation‚ before Jackson’s removal‚ the Cherokee‚ had already ceded countless tribal lands for money they never got “In the end‚ the whole nation had to make bitter sacrifices of land and kingship loyalties in order to sustain their claim to sovereignty.” The Cherokee Native Americans are a prime example of the negative impact American Exceptionalism had on the non-traditional Americans. Not only was
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