USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He and Georgia ignored the ruling and removed the Cherokee. What did the Seminole Indians do after signing a treaty in 1832 in which they agreed to leave Florida within seven years? They ignored the treaty. This started the second Seminole war.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Payne’s Landing, signed by a small number of Seminoles in May 1832, required Indians to give up their Florida lands within three years and move west. When the U.S. Army arrived in 1835 to enforce the treaty, the Indians were ready for war.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1830 Pres. Andrew Jackson, who had fought in the First Seminole War, signed the Indian Removal Act, authorizing the resettlement of all Native American peoples to lands west of the Mississippi River. Gadsden then negotiated the Treaty of Payne’s Landing (1832) with various Seminole leaders.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Second Seminole War (1835–42) followed the refusal of most Seminoles to abandon the reservation that had been specifically established for them north of Lake Okeechobee and to relocate west of the Mississippi River. Whites coveted this land and sought to oust the Seminoles under the Indian Removal Act.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some Indian nations simply refused to leave their land–the Creeks and the Seminoles even waged war to protect their territory. The First Seminole War lasted from 1817 to 1818. The Seminoles were aided by fugitive slaves who had found protection among them and had been living with them for years.