Why did Andrew Jackson remove Cherokees?

Answer 1

Basically, yes. He passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 to move all the Indians to lands west of the Mississippi because the white men wanted Indian territory. Most of the tribes were against moving and giving their land up; the Cherokees hired a lawyer to argue their case in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court ruled in their favor. However the state of Georgia refused to abide by the Court's decision and Jackson refused to enforce the law. The Cherokee were later tricked into signing a Removal Treaty and, although the treaty was illegitimate, they were given two years to migrate. Only 2000 moved and more than 16000 remained on their lands. At that point they were forced to move to western lands by the military