10.4 Conflicts over Land Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Semioles
Relocate White settlers felt land west of Mississippi River too dry for farming They wanted federal government to relocate Native Americans to West President Jackson, a frontier man, supported setters’ demand
Indian Removal Act of 1830 Federal government to pay Native Americans for their land and to resettle in Indian Territory
The Cherokee Nation Cherokee Nation refused and filed lawsuit Worchester v. Georgia Supreme Court ruled Georgia does not have the right to force Cherokee’s off their land Jackson ignored ruling. “John Marshall shall has made his decision, not let him enforce.”
Trail of Tears
Native American Resistance Massacre of Saul and Fox people Seminole War: Osceola