In 1838
About 17000
The Cherokees had to move cause the settlers found out that the Cherokees found gold.The Cherokee moved west because President Andrew Jackson and the US Army ignored the ruling of the US Supreme Court and forced them at gun point to go.
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Cherokees
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Cherokees are usual residents of Georgia,Virginia,Kentucky,Tennessee,and North & South Carolina. Most Cherokees were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800's along the "Trail of Tears."
The Cherokee name for their forced journey west was the Trail of Tears.
Gold was discovered on cherokee land.
they were forced out and had to walk or be killed by the British. it was called the trail of tears.
Jackson appealed to the Supreme Court for authority to move the Cherokees from Georgia.
Gold had been discovered on the land where the Cherokee lived.