John Burnett was invited to participate in the removal of the Cherokee, known as the Trail of Tears, because he served as a soldier in the U.S. Army during the forced relocation. His involvement was part of a broader military effort to enforce the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which aimed to displace Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States. Burnett later became an important witness to the suffering and hardships endured by the Cherokee during this tragic event, documenting his experiences and contributing to historical accounts of the removal.
He felt the he was forced in his action and that the removal of the Cherokee's was wrong.
they continued to lose land promised to them
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no not at all
A guy named Jackson wants to remove the Cherokee because they have better land. He said that the land out west is better, but it's really not. The Cherokee do not believe him because he has broken every single promise he has made to them. That's the Cherokee Removal act.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 US 1 (1831)Cherokee Chief John Ross fought the removal of native Americans through the US Supreme Court, and petitions to congress.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Those purported Cherokee that signed the treaties involved with the Indian Removal act violated "The Law of the Snake" and they, as well as their families, were executed for it.
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Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia
No. The Cherokee were forced out by US soldiers after the government passed the Indian Removal Act in 1837.