The Treaty of New Echota took away land from the Cherokee Indians. It also forced the Cherokee people to move west.
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))
They were forced to move to New Echota which was in Oklahoma.
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.
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.
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.
it divided the Cherokees
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))
It's called "Treaty of New Echota"
New Echota was created in 1970.
Trail of Tears
The old Cherokee capital of New Echota is located in Gordon county Georgia, currently there is a Federal Park and Historical site there.
They were forced to move to New Echota which was in Oklahoma.
The U.S. government found gold on their land and that's how the Trail of Tears started.
New Echota