Because they lost the war
The Treaty of New Echota took away land from the Cherokee Indians. It also forced the Cherokee people to move west.
The Treaty of Echota, signed by a minority faction of the Cherokee (who did not have the authority to do so) and the United States government, led to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to a reservation west of the Mississippi. This relocation was known as the Trail of Tears and resulted in the deaths of about 4,000 Cherokee's during the march.
they feared more mistreatment
The Treaty of [new] Echota was signed on December 29th 1835, between the United States and The State of Georgia (purporting to represent the Cherokee Nation - Cherokee Nation VS Georgia, US Supreme court (findings))
The government law that led us to the Trail of Tears was known as the Treaty of New Echota. This treaty was illegal because it was never signed by a Cherokee leader, and the Cherokee Nation's pleas and petitions against it were ignored.
The Adams-onis Treaty.
The Treaty of New Echota took away land from the Cherokee Indians. It also forced the Cherokee people to move west.
"Treaty"
One of the things the Treaty of New Echota did was that it divided the Cherokee.
One of the things the Treaty of New Echota did was that it divided the Cherokee.
The cherokee signed a treaty in 1761, giving up part of their land .
The Adams-Onis Treaty
350 out of the 18,000 members of the Cherokee tribe signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit.
The U.S. found gold in Cherokee land, so they decided to ignore the treaty between the two and pushed the Cherokee out.
The Treaty of Echota, signed by a minority faction of the Cherokee (who did not have the authority to do so) and the United States government, led to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to a reservation west of the Mississippi. This relocation was known as the Trail of Tears and resulted in the deaths of about 4,000 Cherokee's during the march.
It's called "Treaty of New Echota"
The Cherokee were the first major non-European ethnic group that became a United States citizen. In the 1817 treaty, the Cherokee were granted the right to become a US citizen if they wanted.