• Describe how the Cherokee and Seminole Indians Resisted Being Removed from Their Lands east of the Mississippi

     

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Publicēts: 21.06.2005.
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In Georgia when gold was discovered, the Cherokee were forcibly removed from their land. The Cherokee sued in the Supreme Court for the right to remain on their land, and the ruling was in their favor.
<Tab/>But unfortunately, President Andrew Jackson ignored this ruling. He sent federal troops to remove the Cherokee. With the harsh winter conditions in 1838 the troops succeeded in removing the Cherokee form Georgia, and forced them to march to Oklahoma.
<Tab/>The Cherokee and Seminole were Indian nations and the way the settlers say it was that they were standing in the way of their progress with acquiring land.…

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