JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Indian Removal Act
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Cherokee Act of Union
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The civilizing of the Cherokees
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The Cherokee vs. The state of Georgia
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1839, as President of the Western Cherokee, Sequoyah signed an Act of Union with John Ross that reunited the two groups of the Cherokee Nation.
Detailed explanation-2: -On July 12, 1839, a convention was held, and after deliberation a formal Act of Union was adopted, whereby the two branches declared to be “one body politic, under the style and title of the Cherokee Nation, succeeding both of the tribal organizations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of New Echota gave the Cherokees $5 million and land in present-day Oklahoma in exchange for their 7 million acres of ancestral land.
Detailed explanation-4: -Originally located in the southeastern United States in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation was forced to relocate to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838 after gold was discovered in our homelands.
Detailed explanation-5: -Today there are three federally recognized branches of Cherokee people: Cherokee Nation, located in Tahlequah, Okla.; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in Cherokee, N.C.; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, located in Tahlequah, Okla.