FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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more than half of the US troops died in the process
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it strengthened America’s relationship with the British
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nearly a quarter of the Cherokee population died.
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it brought the Cherokee to newer, better lands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to estimates based on tribal and military records, approximately 100, 000 Indigenous people were forced from their homes during the Trail of Tears, and some 15, 000 died during their relocation.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -the name given to the long journey from Georgia to Oklahoma made in 1838 by the Cherokee and other native North American nations. They were being forced by the US government to move to the Indian Territory, and thousands died on the way.