The Cherokee Nation sued the state of Georgia in 1831 and 1832 in a series of legal battles, notably in the case of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. They sought to protect their land from being seized and to assert their status as a sovereign nation. Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction in the case, leading to the subsequent forced removal of the Cherokee people along the Trail of Tears.
Gold was discovered on Cherokee land.
The Cherokee and Creek Indians.
The Cherokee And Creek Indians
The state flower of Georgia is the Cherokee Rose. It is very likely that this is the Georgia state flower in that the Native American Tribe, the Cherokee once had their land here.
With Andrew Jackson's encouragement, Georgia openly defied the Supreme Court, who had found the relocation of the Cherokee unconstitutional after the Cherokee had sued Georgia, and began to force the Cherokee off of their land anyeays.
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.
Gold was discovered on cherokee land.
1. The Georgian's found gold on the Cherokee land. Not of high grade. 2. The Georgian's wanted the land and didn't care how they got it!
jackson still allowed people to intrude onto their land
Cherokee were farmers, cattlemen and owners of land in northern Georgia from 1800 until 1838.
The U.S. found gold in Cherokee land, so they decided to ignore the treaty between the two and pushed the Cherokee out.