Democracy, sovereignty, and the Struggle over Cherokee Removal Timeline Part 2

By wird_o

  • A Cherokee Chief Complains

  • Andrew Jackson is Born

  • Andrew Jackson Moves to Nashville, Tennessee

  • First National Police Force Established

  • Andrew Jackson Serves in a Militia That Fought the Chickamaugans

  • Andrew Jackson Joins the U.S. House of Representatives

    Tennessee's first delegate.

  • Andrew Jackson is Elected To the U.S. Senate

  • Andrew Jackson Resigns from the U.S. Senate

  • The Cherokee Allowed Moravian missionaries to Establish a School

  • Overhunting and Habitat Loss Depleted the Deerskin Trade

  • Andrew Jackson Returns to the Tennessee Militia

    He reaches the rank of major general.

  • Important Council Decisions are Written Down as National Legal Code

  • The Cherokee Discussed Removal With Jefferson

  • Creation of the Written Cherokee Language

  • War In the 1810s

    Lasting consequences for the Cherokee.

  • Reception for Shawnee Warrior Tecumseh

  • Federal "Factory" Closed

  • War of 1812

    The British fight against the U.S.

  • The Ridge Confronts

    The Ridge confronted a large meeting of Cherokee who wanted to join with Tecumseh.

  • Tecumseh Was Killed

  • The Red Stick Faction Attacked Fort Mims

    (August)

  • Andrew Jackson and Native American Allies Smashed the Red Sticks

    (Spring)

  • The Creeks Agreed to the Treaty of Fort Jackson

    (August)

  • Signed the Treaty of Ghent

  • Andrew Jackson Defends New Orleans from British Invasion

    (January)

  • Senate to Ratify the Fort Jackson Agreement

  • Jackson and His Treaty Commissioners Meet Leaders of the Cherokee and Chickasaw

    (September)

  • Awarded New Treaty

    The Madison administration awarded a new treaty that granted the contested lands, plus $25,500 for damages done by Jackson's militia in the Creek War, in exchange for some Cherokee lands in South Carolina.

  • Pushed the Cause of "Civilization"

  • Period: to

    The Cherokee and Chickasaw Chiefs Agreed to Land Cession Treaties

  • Finalized the Treaty

  • Negotiating

    (June)
    President Monroe sent Jackson to the government's Cherokee Agency in Tennessee to negotiate with both the eastern Cherokee and the Arkansas Cherokee.

  • The Easterners Declared, "We wish to remain on our land, and hold it fast."

  • The Commissioners Delivered the Chiefs a Draft Treaty

  • Consented Signing

    The chiefs present, consented to signing over a thousand square miles in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee for equivalent territory in the West.

  • The Senate Approved the Treaty

  • About 700 Departed

    (February)

  • John Ross Led a Delegation to Washington

    Aim of revising the 1817 treaty.

  • Treaty of 1819

  • The Council Restructured Itself Into a Bicameral General Council

    (October)

  • About Two-Thirds of all Cherokee Lived in Georgia

  • The Cherokee Establish Their Own System of District Courts and Marshals

  • Developed an 86-Character Syllabary

  • The General Council Established a National Superior Court

    Consisted of four judges to oversee the judicial system.

  • President Monroe Responded to Georgia's Complaints

    (March)

  • Commissioners Sent to the General Council Meeting

    (October)

  • Inter Marriages Provoke Concern

  • Ross, Major Ridge, and Others Journey to Discuss the Issue with Calhoun and President Monroe

    (January)

  • President Monroe's Annual Message

    (March)

  • John Ross Brought a Petition Against the Resolution to Congress

  • The Creation of a Capital Called New Echota

  • The Cherokee Elected Delegates Publish a National Constitution

  • The Georgia Legislature Approved a Resolution

  • First Native American-Run Newspaper (the Cherokee Pheonix)

  • Georgia Takes Further Legal Action

  • Most Cherokee Households Can Read and Write in the New Language

  • Cherokee Lands Subject to State Law and Annexed to Nearby Counties

    (June)