Trail_Of_Tears

Trail Of Tears Replacement of the Native Americans At the conclusion of the colonials' War of Independence with Britain, during which the Cherokee had fought alongside the British, a treaty was signed in 1786, establishing the boundaries of Cherokee territory. As always, encroachments by European-American settlers continued in violation of this written agreement. A second treaty and another cession of territory was forced on the Cherokee people, sanctioning both existing encroachments as well as anticipated land hunger. In the War of 1812, however, the Cherokee natives refused to join with Tecumseh and the Creek-dominated southern confederacy of tribes, choosing instead to come to the aid of the European-Americans. The Cherokee natives were, in fact, instrumental in assisting Andrew Jackson's forces against the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, in Georgia. Their loyalty to the Union brought no benefit or protection once the conflict ended (Odur, 8 May 00). Consequently, in 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, providing for the transplanting of all Indian tribes then east of the Mississippi River, to what is present day Oklahoma. During this semesters history class many topics were discussed regarding the transformation of America between 1770 and 1870. There were americans, land, native, natives, english, war, whites, tribes, brinkley, tribe, cherokee, british, american, new, indian, against, set, america, present, known, however, boundaries, trading, settlements, removal, oklahoma, jackson, history, even, during, day, civilized, between, because, army