USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Ross, the principal chief of the Cherokees, led the tribal government and majority of Cherokees opposed to removal. The “Ross Party” argued that the Cherokees should defend their legal rights as a sovereign nation under treaties going back to George Washington.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wirt represented the Cherokee in the 1831 U.S. court case, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. Wirt and Ross argued that previous Cherokee treaties and Cherokee Nation sovereignty had been violated through the enactment of Georgia’s new laws.

Detailed explanation-3: -In response, Cherokee chief John Ross submitted his Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation to Congress to declare the Treaty of New Echota void.

Detailed explanation-4: -Papers of John Ross The Cherokee Nation, led by Principal Chief John Ross, resisted the Indian Removal Act, even in the face of assaults on its sovereign rights by the state of Georgia and violence against Cherokee people.