USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

JACKSONIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the historical significance of the Treaty of Holston? 8.28
A
It led to the settlement of territory west of the Mississippi River.
B
It established a peaceful relationship between the Cherokee and the U.S. government in 1792.
C
It secured the unconditional surrender of Loyalist militia on the Tennessee frontier in 1780.
D
It settled the dispute between Tennessee and North Carolina regarding the border between the two states.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The treaty established terms of relations between the United States and the Cherokee, and established that the Cherokee tribes were to fall under the protection of the United States, with the United States managing all future foreign affairs for all the loosely affiliated Cherokee tribes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Establishment of perpetual peace and friendship between the two peoples. Cherokees acknowledge protection of United States. Prisoners of war to be returned. Boundaries established between the Cherokee lands and the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -On December 29, 1835, U.S. government officials and about 500 Cherokee Indians claiming to represent their 16, 000-member tribe, met at New Echota, Georgia, and signed a treaty. The agreement led to the forced removal of Cherokees from their southeastern homelands to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1846 Treaty stated that the lands in Indian Territory would belong to the Cherokees as a whole to include the “western” and “eastern” bands of the tribe. A general amnesty was to be given to forgive the violence that had sometimes erupted from the conflicts.

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