THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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Question
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Treaties made between the United States and the Cherokees must be honored because treaties are the supreme law of the land.
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The Cherokee Nation was in fact a real nation, and the United States must treat it as such.
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The Cherokee Nation was not a genuine nation, and the United States had no obligation to maintain peaceful relations with them.
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The Cherokee Nation was declared to be at war with the United States, and the United States was allowed to attack them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -indigenous sovereignty In the meantime, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia had made its way to the United States Supreme Court. In 1831 the court decided that indigenous peoples living within the United States were no longer independent nations and that as a domestic sovereign nation-in other words, one that depended upon…
Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court considered its powers to enforce the rights of Native American “nations” against the states. In Cherokee Nation, the Court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction (the power to hear a case) to review claims of an Indian nation within the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -5–1 decision for Worcester In an opinion delivered by Chief Justice John Marshall, the Court held that the Georgia act, under which Worcester was prosecuted, violated the Constitution, treaties, and laws of the United States.