1. Bellringer: Describe what is happening in the picture.

2. Andrew Jackson

3. “Five Civilized Tribes”
Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, and Chickasaw—had begun to adopt the European culture of their white neighbors.
The Cherokee:
own formal government with a two house legislature.
a court system
constitution
Alphabet
But white planters wanted their land.
“Five Civilized Tribes”

4. Natives, including the Civilized Tribes, couldn’t be civilized
Indian Removal Act
1830
Natives, including the Civilized Tribes, couldn’t be civilized
White settlers wanted the land
Natives forced to relocate
Not enough troops to protect Natives

5. The Cherokee Nation finally won recognition as a distinct political community.
The Court ruled that Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee nor to invade their lands.
Jackson refused to abide by the Supreme Court decision, saying: “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.”
Worcester v. Georgia (1832),

6. Trail of Tears

7. Trail of Tears They were sent off on an 800-mile trip, 1000 at a time.
They were sent off on an 800-mile trip, 1000 at a time.
Traveling mostly on foot through the winter many died.
The government officials stole their money, outlaws took livestock.
More than a quarter of their people died on the journey.
The land that they arrived was not as good as where they had come from.
Trail of Tears

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