USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the U.S. state of Georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries, but the Supreme Court did not hear the case on its merits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cherokee Nation v. Georgia is an important case in Native American law because of its implications for tribal sovereignty and how to legally define the relationship between federally recognized Native Amer-ican tribes and the U.S. government.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is the story of the removal of the Cherokee Nation from its ancestral homeland in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama to land set aside for American Indians in what is now the state of Oklahoma.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1828 Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States, and he immediately declared the removal of eastern tribes a national objective. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the president to negotiate removal treaties.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to federal laws and treaties, the Cherokee nation did not have to abide by Georgia law. They took their case to the supreme court with the hope that President Jackson would grant an injunction and prevent Georgia from violating federal law. Jackson did not.