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Georgia Land Cessions to the USA
Georgia ceded all lands west of its current border to teh USA in exchange for $1.25 million and title to all indian lands within its borders -
Battle of Horshoe Bend
General Andrew Jackson led The Battle of Horshoe Bend between the Creek Indians in Southern Georgia and Alabama. In this battle, he soundly defeated the Cefeated the Inaidans and destroyed their ability to mount any further resistence. -
William McIntosh
William McIntosh without authorization form the other Creek Chiefs signed the Treaty of Indian Springs forfeiting all Creek lands to the United States -
New Echota Founded
The Cherokee National Capital is founded at New Echota -
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Cumberland Road
The first National Road was constructed using the McAdamization process (gravel) -
McIntosh Executed
As punishment for ceding Creek land to the USA, McIntosh was executed -
Cherokee Constitution
The Cherokee Nation adopts its own Constitution modeled afterthe US Constitution and the Constitution of the state of Georgia. -
Cherokee Homeland Defined
Map of the Cherokee Nation as defined in the Cherokee Constitution -
Election of 1828
Andrew jackson defeated President John Quincy Adams in arguably the nastinest Presidential Election ever. -
Gold is discovered in Cherokee Nation
America's first Gold Rush started when gold was discovered near Dahlonega, Georgia on Cherokee land. illegal miners invaded the Cherokee Nation to mine for gold. -
Georgia's reaction to Cherokee Constitution
The State of Georgia reacted to both the Cherokee Constitution and the discovery of gold on Cherokee land by outlawing the Cherokee Nation and making it illegal for Cherokees to mine for gold. The state send in the militia to protect the mines form illegal mining. -
Treaty of New Echota
Major Ridge and the "treaty party" without official authorization from the Cherokee Nation sign a treaty which ceded all Cherokee lands to the USA. -
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act which forcibly removed Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, Chicsaw, Choctaw, Sauka and Fox tribes to Indian Territy (present day Oklahoma) -
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
The US Supreme Court determined that the Cherokee Nation was a Domestic Dependent Nation and not a Soveriegn State. -
Worchester v Georgia
Samuel Worchester was arrested for occupying Cherokee land without a state license. The Supreme Court ruled that the individual states, had no authority in American Indian affairs. -
Creek Indian Removal
The forced removal of Creek Indians to Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma. -
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Trail of Tears
The forced march of Cherokee Indians from their homeland in the Cherokee Nation to Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma. During the Trail of tears 1/4 of all Cherokee died. -
Major Ridge is Executed
Major Ridge is executed for violating the Cherokee Constitutional ban on selling or ceding Cherokee land to the United States government.
