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What ran through georgia city through the Cherokee lands into Tennessee?
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a railroad
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Who claimed the right to seize Cherokee lands?
Georgia
Which state claimed the right to seize Cherokee lands?
georgia
Why did the state of Georgia want to relocate the Cherokee?
A combination of racism and many people in Georgia wanted to steal Cherokee lands for their own uses.
How did the cherokee fight the takeover of their lands in Georgia?
they broke treaties and massacred Americans
What did the supreme court rule in Worcester v . Georgia?
Court ruled that Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee nor to invade their lands.
What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Worcester v. Georgia?
Court ruled that Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee nor to invade their lands.
What state did Jackson move the Cherokee tribe from?
The Cherokee were located (mostly) in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. It is important to note however that tribal clans were also in many of the southern states (Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc) these clans held smaller parcels of land and were mostly ignored.
In 1830 what requirement did the Georgia legislature set on whites who lived on Cherokee lands?
All whites living on Cherokee land had to pledge allegiance to the governor of the state.
What territory was homeland to the Cherokee and seen as the most sought after?
Georgia was the ancestral tribal lands for them and moving them to the reservation in Oklahoma opened the territory for settlements. This was the Trail of Tears.
Soon after jackson took office what state claimed the right to seize cherokee lands?
It wasn't a state, but the federal government under president Andrew Jackson.
Where are Cherokee tribes found?
Cherokee Tribes are found in the mountains of North Carolina , Tennessee , Georgia and , I believe , Kentucky and are known as the Eastern Band. Others are found in Oklahoma and are known as the Western Band. Cherokee are found in Oklahoma because of being driven from their lands in the east to Oklahoma on The Trail Of Tears where four thousand or more Cherokee died. The removal was part of the white mans press to attain land , at any cost , from the Native Americans.
What was the Georgia land lottery that divided the last of the Cherokee lands?
There isn't a clear answer on this. Records show that the last land given away in the Georgia land lottery was in 1832. The remaining Cherokee land was signed over by Major Ridge in the Treaty of New Echota.
