why did Andrew Jackson moved the cherokee nation?

Answer 1

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The 'migrants' faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died.

The discovery of gold near Dahlonega, Georgia in 1829 caused tensions between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation, resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush, the first gold rush in U.S. history. Hopeful gold speculators began trespassing on Cherokee lands, and pressure began to mount on the Georgia government to fulfill the promises of the Compact of 1802.

When Georgia moved to extend state laws over Cherokee tribal lands in 1830, the matter went to the U.S. Supreme Court. In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), the Marshall court ruled that the Cherokees were not a sovereign and independent nation, and therefore refused to hear the case. However, in Worcester v. State of Georgia (1832), the Court ruled that Georgia could not impose laws in Cherokee territory, since only the national government—not state governments—had authority in Indian affairs.

President Andrew Jackson has often been quoted as defying the Supreme Court with the words: "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson Cherokee

Answer 3

Well, it was a desire to remove native populations from the lands east of the Mississippi to what was then shown on maps as the "Great American Desert" west of the Missouri and north of Mexico (then including the province of Tejas until 1836).
For the Cherokee there was a more immediate need. Gold had been discovered in their country. This might seem like a boon to the owners of the land, as the Cherokee were "Americanized" to the point that they lived their lives much as the whites did, even owning slaves, but gold, seen by so many as the short cut to wealth, is something that has to be worked for. Many of the prospectors that came to west Georgia were willing to do just that. The "rocker box" that was so widely used in California was improvised from cradles, and that innovation was said to have been discovered in Georgia in the 1830s. Unfortunately, there are too many who think that the short cut to wealth is through a crooked wheel, a marked deck, or even the point of a gun or knife. Gold strikes attract the lucky, the hard working, the disappointed and the criminal.

This last group is the most dangerous to the local population, but the culture of the time was also dangerous from those people who were willing to deal "square" with whites, but not with Indians. In short, Georgia was no place for nice people.

Many of the Cherokee moved west when the moving was safe and easy. This group is most often associated with the Ridges and the Waties. They reached Oklahoma, set up farms and businesses and went about their lives. Their story is pretty well told by the book "History of the Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears".

This book does not portray principal chief John Ross in a good light. The documentary "500 Nations" gives a more "Ross-oriented" view.
John Ross insisted on fighting the removal act in the courts, and this delayed the whole process for 8 years. In the end, they were forced to move, by the US Army in 1838. The story of their long trek down the Tennessee Valley to the Ohio River, across to Illinois, and then across the Mississippi to Missouri, Arkansas, and into Oklahoma is well know today.

I've looked in various sources to find why they moved these people when the River was low, making steamer travel unlikely on the Tennessee, or why they didn't just march them along the Natchez Trace, where they'd have had a shorter trip to the Indian Territory, but I've found no satisfactory information.

I am attaching a link to a collection of quotations from AJ's addresses to Congress concerning the removal

Answer 4

to answer your question in one word " GREED. " The Cherokees had a civilized nation including a newspaper and a Constitution. The White man wanted their land and wealth
( mainly gold ). Sadly what the Cherokees had the White man wanted so the White Man took it even though Andrew Jackson defied the United States Supreme Court to do this act.

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson grew up as an Indian fighter (he literally grew up in a log cabin in the wilderness with hostile tribes all around his family). Jackson saw Indian tribes as an impediment to taming the wilderness, even the "civilized tribes" that ran plantations, traded with whites, and even owned slaves. Tragically, this view was shared by most of the country at the time and they turned a blind eye to the "trail of tears" forced mass relocation of many tribes (such as the Cherokee and Choctaw) from their lands.

Answer 6

B. Jackson's customary line grew to become into: "The preferrred courtroom has rendered its determination. Now enable it enforce it!" an exciting question is raised via the life of the determination, itself. because of the fact legally, the Cherokees nevertheless own the land, what immediately could be to cease them from claiming it? after all, the judgment nevertheless belongs to them.

Answer 7

Check out the Indian Removal act of 1830
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act - 27k

Answer 8

He wanted their land. The same reason they moved all the native Americans to reservations.