1835 Treaty of New Echota
The creek, cherokee, chickasaw, seminole, and choctaw are all called?
the five civilized tribes
How many people died during the trail of tears?
2000
Was the Cherokee nation a foreign country?
technically not
Who promoted the law?
Andrew Jackson
Who were the first groups to sign the treaty?
choctaw and chickasaw
What did the natives call the trail of tears?
"The Place Where They Cried
sovereignty (self rule)
What was the law about?
required Native Americans living East of the Mississippi to move West
What treaty was not viewed as being valid to the Cherokee as a whole?
1835 Treaty of New Echota
How many were captured?
16000
Doing this makes it seem like that natives do not have any like U.S. citizens would have
rights
Treaties would be used for what?
transfer or exchange of land
1835 Treaty of New Echota -required all Cherokee to leave their what?
homeland
How many people caught diseases, battled starvation and violence?
4000
Court case against a Georgia law that dissolved their what?
Tribal government
The law stated that the natives would be paid for what?
the land
Who refused to leave?
Cherokee
When did the journey take place?
1838-1839
Cherokee wasn't apart of what nation?
U.S.
This law heavily impacted what nations? (only have to list 2)
Cherokee, Creeks, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole natives