THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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They wanted to secede from the United States.
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They were being forced to give up their lands.
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They were seeking assistance in fighting against Spain
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They believed they were entitled to voting rights in the state.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why was it necessary for the Cherokee to sue the state of Georgia in 1831? They wanted to secede from the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cherokees argued that the laws violated their sovereign rights as a nation and illegally intruded into their treaty relationship with the United States. In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), the court held that it did not have jurisdiction to strike down Georgia’s laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
Detailed explanation-4: -Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian Territory” across the Mississippi River.
Detailed explanation-5: -The 1830 Indian Removal Bill, backed by President Andrew Jackson, was the first step towards removing the Cherokees from their land for good. In response, the Cherokees took legal action to try to save their lands.