1. Feeling Robbed
I want you to think of a time where something was taken from you. It could be someone like a parent, friend, or random person stole from you. What was taken and how did you feel when it was taken?

2. Investigating the Indians
Talk about where the Native populations were at the time
Understand the motivations of each faction of the Native Populations
Look at the events and people that led up to the Trail of Tears

3. Where were the Indians?
Before the settlement of the colonies Native Americans were already settled
When Europeans colonized the New World, Indians had to make a choice
Most intelligent native populations chose to Assimilate rather than lose their lives in a fight (Tomochichi and Yamacraw people)

4. Building Pressure
For the most part Native Populations worked really well with the English
After the French and Indian War, land West of the St. Mary’s river was a reserve
The land was a gift by the British but the malcontents hated it and resented the Indians

5. Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Why is it that the Creeks and Cherokees couldn’t mesh well with the settlers of GA?
How would you feel if you were a settler and you wanted Creek land?
How would you feel if you were a Creek and your land was about to be taken?

6. Revolutionary Indians
Native Populations sided with the side that lost the war
When the British were kicked out the Indians had to go also
The Treaty of 1790 was set up to give all land East of the Ocmulgee river in GA back to the United States
This sparked one of many attempts to remove the Natives

7. Red Stick War in 1813
This was a civil conflict between some tribes of Creeks
One tribe (Red Sticks) wanted to assault white settlers encroaching on their land and the other thought it was a bad idea (White Sticks)
Ultimately future president Andrew Jackson led a military defeat of the Creeks forcing them to give up 22 million acres of land

8. Alexander McGillivray
He was a Creek Chief
He was half Creek and half Highland Scot
He tried to keep as much Creek land as he could
Signed the Treaty of New York in 1790 creating temporary peace by giving the US land while they said they would respect the boundaries

9. William McIntosh
A Creek Chief that had a Scottish Father and Creek Mother
He was not liked at all by the Creeks
He supported the US on numerous occasions like some battles and even wanted slaves
Signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825 to give the rest of Creek land in GA to the US for 200,000 without the tribes approval
Was killed for his actions by members of the tribe