Terms Terms Terms
Through mutual, forced or coerced agreement, these largely facilitated the exchange of Native American land for US currency.
Treaties
This agreement would see the United States offer $4.5 million dollars, plus western lands, removal assistance, support for Cherokee education and a possible representative in the House of Representatives.
Treaty of New Echota
I did not have positive experiences in my childhood. As I grew older, I never forgot what I witnessed, this drove me in all the different parts of my life, serving in politics and the military.
Andrew Jackson
In the case surrounding the arrest of Corn Tassel, the Natives were suing for Foreign National Status.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
________ had a massive impact on Native populations. Without prior exposure, the disease wreaked havoc on Native tribes, reducing populations from 22,000 in 1650 to between 10,000-12,000 in 1720.
Smallpox
Frequently at odds within their own group, the US Government frequently negotiated ________ treaties with conflicting terms and agreements.
Illegitimate
This agreement was in response to a scandal that saw the state of Georgia sell land (that would later become Alabama and Mississippi, and citizens of Georgia would use a reasoning to push the Cherokee out.
Pact of 1802
I believed that while fighting had originally been a strong resistance to land loss, in later years the rights that were lost were never going to be regained, and agreements were the best path forward to survive.
The Ridge/Major Ridge
In this case, after ruling that the Cherokee Nation had sovereignty, next the Cherokee were ecstatic at the ruling, specifically John Ross reporting “rejoicings” in the nation, Andrew Jackson did not have any interest in enforcing the decision, rendering it “stillborn”, and allies of the POTUS in Washington D.C. continued to pressure the Cherokee to accept a removal treaty.
Worcester v. Georgia
This attempted to restrict the movement of American settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
As contact between Europeans and later Americans intensified with Native Tribes, cultural clashes forced choices between maintaining or protecting Native culture against this transformational process.
Assimilation
This agreement conflicted with another treaty on this list, as it stated that the United States would end war against Native American tribes and return all land acquired since 1811.
Treaty of Ghent
I was of the belief that the only way to truly drive out the enemy that my people faced was to come together in a unified defense. Some of the other leaders I interacted with did not agree with me and my plan died.
Tecumseh
This legislation establish the official US policy of forced removal from Native lands at the lands of the US Government.
The Indian Removal Act
As the United States progressed in their relationships with Native tribes, specifically the Cherokee, there was a policy introduced by Henry Knox to bring a greater degree of civilization to the Cherokee.
Indian Agents
As they arrived from Europe and came into contact with Native Tribes, British explorers and colonists swore to not repeat actions that would have put them in company with the Spanish.
Atrocities
This agreement was a result of the end of the Creek War, where the US and Cherokee fought on the same side, with the terms giving the US land in Alabama and Georgia.
Treaty of Fort Jackson
I did not have any interest in agreeing to give up my peoples land without complete agreement of everyone involved. At one point I even lost my house after it was seized and raffled off to a new family.
John Ross
A swap between the British and the Native Americans. The Natives giving trade and alliance, which receiving weapons and supplies.
Articles of Friendship & Commerce
As President Jackson negotiated treaties with parts of the Cherokee Nation but not all, this divided the Nation into two groups, one looking for gains and the other wanting agreement of the entire Nation.
Upper & Lower Towns
Difficulty in communicating between Tribes and with Europeans was compounded by the fact that a written language was largely grounded in the representation of words or groups of words as images/items
Syllabary
With this agreement, while the Cherokee were ceeding 6,000 square miles, they were under the belief that their boundaries would not be further diminished going forward.
Treaty of 1819
I was a major player in politics. Serving as a congressman in both chambers, and later as governor, always with a singular goal of removing the Cherokee tribe from my states boundaries.
John Forsyth
This ruling stated that the Natives only had a right to occupy their land, and that true ownership rested with the states, establishing that the Native Americans were permanently inferior to the United States.
Johnson v. M’Intosh
In a shift from later behavior as President, during this event Jackson assured his Native allies how he would come to their defense if they or their families were hurt.
Creek War