Information of Trail of Tears?

Answer 1

The Trail of Tears refers to the journey of the Cherokee to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Of the 16,000 Cherokee who were forced at gunpoint by the U.S. army to march in winter, roughly 4,000 (25%) died on the way. One of the primary reasons for their removal was the fact that gold had been discovered on their land in Georgia. Racism at the time was another major factor. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorized the removal of natives to the West. Even though the Supreme Court recognized that Geogia's removal of the Cherokee violated an earlier treaty with the U.S. government, President Andrew Jackson refused to uphold the decision of the court. Today he would be impeached for it.

Answer 2

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Between 1790 and 1830 the population of Georgia increased six-fold. The western push of the settlers created a problem. Georgians continued to take Native American lands and force them into the frontier. By 1825 the Lower Creek had been completely removed from the state under provisions of the Treaty of Indian Springs. By 1827 the Creek were gone.

Hollywood has left the impression that the great Indian wars came in the Old West during the late 1800's, a period that many think of simplistically as the "cowboy and Indian" days. But in fact that was a "mopping up" effort. By that time the Indians were nearly finished, their subjugation complete, their numbers decimated.

Disrespectfully uprooted, homeless, they were embarking on a long journey in worn-out moccasins in the unforgiving dead of winter. Enduring river crossings, ice floes and relentless winds, they had only a blanket for warmth - if they were lucky. You imagine huddling around a fire, comforting your mother while she gets weaker and weaker ... wondering, as she, when the suffering would end, and whether she would even live to see it.