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How did the Cherokee and Seminole react different to the Indian remove act?
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∙ 9y ago
The Choctaw government forced the Choctaw to sign the Treaty of Dancing Rabbits Creek. And then they moved to the Indian territory during a disatrous winter trip and many of them had died from disease and stravation.
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∙ 13y agoThey didn't like it and sued the the federal government, claiming they had the right to stay and after a lot of struggles they won.
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How did the Indians attempt to fight the relocation?
In the case of the "Indian Removal Acts" (c.1830) different tribes tried different measures. The Cherokee filed a lawsuit in federal court (Cherokee Nation VS Georgia) - and when that failed they murdered the treaty signers (under Indian law). The Seminole picked up guns and shot the US Army for 10 years (till the US Army gave up). Out of the first 110 men sent to remove them, only 3 survived.
What gave Andrew Jackson the power to remove the Cherokee from their land?
Indian Removal Act.
What is the Seminole War about?
Part of it is: The leader, Osceola, called to his followers and told them to go against the Indian Removal Act and the Second Seminole War was started. Osceola was taken prisoner and he died while he was a captive. About 4,000 Seminole Indians were removed from Florida and a few hundred of them were killed. Over time, the U.S. decided to stop trying to remove them so some small groups of Seminole Indians managed to stay in Florida. Plus some Seminole Indian descendants live in Florida currently.
What led to the Second Seminole War?
The leader, Osceola, called to his followers and told them to go against the Indian Removal Act and the Second Seminole War was started. Osceola was taken prisoner and he died while he was a captive. About 4,000 Seminole Indians were removed from Florida and a few hundred of them were killed. Over time, the U.S. decided to stop trying to remove them so some small groups of Seminole Indians managed to stay in Florida. Plus some Seminole Indian descendants live in Florida currently.
What role did president Jackson play during the trail of tears?
President Andrew Jackson was the official who approved of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. There were five major tribes: the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole. The Cherokee challenged the Indian Removal Act in the courts of the United States. It made its way up to the Supreme Court where it went under the supervision of John Marshall. He ruled the favor to the Cherokee. Note the Supreme Court could make the ruling but cannot enforce it, only the executive branch (the president) has the power to do so. The president at that time, Andrew Jackson ignored the decision of the Supreme Court and stilled removed the Indians from their land.
What was the effect the demand of many whites to acquire Indian land in Georgia and other states?
It fueled the political pressures that led Andrew Jackson to forcibly remove the Cherokee and others.
What law passed by congress in 1830 to move the Cherokee?
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorized the removal of native tribes from the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River, primarily to present-day Oklahoma. This ultimately led to the forced relocation of thousands of Cherokee people along the Trail of Tears.
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Why did the US want to remove the Seminole from Florida?
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How did the Cherokee's feel about the Indian Removal Act?
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