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- Treaties Between US and Tribes
- We will not sign the "treaty"!
- Page numbers: 368-373
- We accept defeat and will sign.
- Attempts to Assimilate
- Cherokee Land is Valuable
- Andrew Jackson created treaties and negotiated them with many Native American tribes, such as the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw. However, some tribes refused to sign, such as the Seminole.
- Indian Removal Act
- Andrew Jackson gave Native American tribes two choices. One, assimilate, or essentially become white/act European, thus leaving their lives and cultures behind. The second choice was to move. The Cherokee assimilated completely, dressing in western clothing and building plantations.
- Worcester v. Georgia
- Gold was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia in 1828. The South passed laws that allowed settlers and miners to forcibly take over Native American lands.
- Trail of Tears & Indian Territory
- Andrew Jackson issued the Indian Removal Act, thus forcing Native American tribes to leave their homes and relocate to modern day Oklahoma.
- Trail of Tears
- They took it to court, but Jackson ignored this.
- Native Americans were moved to "Indian Territory"
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