February13Lecture - Cherokees Indian Removal and the...

2-13-08 - Cherokees, Indian Removal, and the Marshall Cases
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Cherokee in Tennessee and Georgia area
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Removal from Cherokee lands
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Most of land ceded in 1835
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Some moved voluntarily, others were forcibly taken
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All were forced out by government, some just agreed to leave rather than fight
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Moved to reservations in the Oklahoma area
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Trail of Tears
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Northern Cherokees left homeland in 1838
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Forced to cross Mississippi river in freezing winter on way to reservations
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Reasons for removal
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Cleared the land for White occupancy between the Appalachians and the
Mississippi
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Cleared it for cotton in the South and grain in the North
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Cleared for
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US expansion
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Immigration
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Canals and railroads
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New cities
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The building of a huge continental empire clear across to the Pacific
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From 1790 - 1830, American population more than tripled (4 to 13 million)
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4.5 million crossed the Appalachian Mtns.