2.  AJ wanted to relocate NA to land west of the Mississippi  Congress passed the Indian Removal Act  Paid NA to move west  Congress created the Indian Territory in present day OK

3.  Cherokee Nation refused to give up land in GA  GA does not recognize Cherokee laws  Cherokee’s sue GA in Worchester v. Georgia  Marshall ruled that GA has no right to interfere with the Cherokee  AJ disagreed with Marshall’s decision

5.  Gen. Scott and 7,000 troops forced the Cherokees west  Trail of Tears  Many died along the way

6.  Seminole people of FL went to war to resist removal  Allied with African Americans and attacked settlements along coast  Used guerrilla tactics; killed more than 1,500 soldiers  Gov’t gave up and Seminoles remained

7.  Black Hawk lead a group of Sauk and Fox to IL to recapture land given up in a treaty  Troops chased them over the border into IA killing hundreds  Only a few scattered groups lived East of the Mississippi  Gave up more than 100 million acres east of the Mississippi; lived in reservations divided by nations