The Trail ofTears was caused by this event.
John Marshall said he wanted to enforce the Indian Removal act
When Jackson found out there was gold, he immediatly called for the Indian removal act
Andrew Jackson led the Indian Removal Act. He disliked indian's and therefore he basically wanted them removed from their homes which led to The Trail of Tears. He was also president at the time this was happening.
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to take land and established homes from the Native people with the intent of giving the homes to the new settlers.
After much haggling over the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee nation was removed forcibly from their legal home in New Echota, Georgia to Oklahoma in the winter of 1838-1839.
Indian Removal, the Democratic party, and "Manifest Destiny"
The Cherokee felt the Indian Removal Act did not apply to them since they were an organized nation and won that in the Supreme Court. Therefore the treaty of New Echota was passed by Congress to "officially" have the right to remove them.they were madThe viewed it and still view it as illegal and wrong. They viewed it as theft and attempted genocide. With Andrew Jackson ignoring the Supreme Court they had little recourse.
Native Americans were moved from ancestral lands to reservations.
Native amercians were to be moved west of the missippi river
Indian Removal Act
justification for the indian removal act
John Ridge originally opposed the removal of the Cherokee, on the false belief that the Federal Government would honor their previous treaties with the Cherokee. After meeting with President Andrew Jackson, and being informed that the Federal Government (despite the court ruling) would not honor the previous treaty, or protect the Cherokee - Ridge switched sides and advocated the removal. It should be noted that John Ridge was killed (stabbed 48 times, and then trampled) for signing the Treaty of New Echota, under Indian law (Law of the Snake) he had committed Treason.
Indian removal.
The Indian removal did start in 1830 and stopped in 1860. The Indian Removal Act was passed by the senate on April 24, 1830.
The government law that led us to the Trail of Tears was known as the Treaty of New Echota. This treaty was illegal because it was never signed by a Cherokee leader, and the Cherokee Nation's pleas and petitions against it were ignored.
The Indian Removal Act, part of an American government policy known as Indian Removal, was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26, 1830.The Removal Act paved the way for the reluctant-and often forcible-emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West. The first removal treaty signed after the Removal Act was the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek on September 27, 1830, in which Choctaws in Mississippi ceded land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. The Treaty of New Echota, signed in 1835, resulted in the removal of the Cherokee on the "Trail of Tears".The Seminoles did not leave peacefully as did other tribes. Along with fugitive slaves, they resisted the removal. The Second Seminole War lasted from 1835 to 1842 and resulted in the forced removal of Seminoles. An estimated 3,000 of the Seminole were killed amongst American soldiers.