Gold was discovered on cherokee land.
Gold had been discovered on the land where the Cherokee lived.
`The new settlers wanted the Cherokees to move. They wanted them to make way for white settlements.
Gold was discovered there.
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."
Gold was discovered there.
Gold was discovered there.
Gold was discovered there.
Gold was discovered there.
Gold was discovered there.
Jackson appealed to the Supreme Court for authority to move the Cherokees from Georgia.
White settlers wanted their land.
There were a couple of reasons why white men wanted the Cherokee to move out of Georgia. First they wanted their land, probably to grow cotton on, and secondly gold was discovered in the area and they wanted to mine it.