THE TRAIL OF TEARS

  • The Bristtish proclamation.

    The bristish proclamation of 1763 designed the region betwen the appalachion Mountains and the mississippi Riven as Indian territory.
  • The treaty of Jadson

    The 1814 signing of the Treaty of Fort Jackson signaled the end for the Creek Nation and for all Indians in the South.
  • Mclntosh and others chiefs

    on February 12, 1825, McIntosh and other chiefs signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which gave up most of the remaining Creek lands in Georgia.
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    TRAIL OF TEARS

  • A gold ruhs

    In 1829 a god rush ocurred on Cherokee 1 and Georgia.
  • agreed their property

    In 1830 they agreed to cede their real property for western land, transportion for themeselves and their goods, and logistical sup[port during and after the journey
  • The choctaw

    In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they became the model for all other removals
  • Alexis de Tocqueville.

    Alexis de Tocqueville, the French philosopher, witnessed the Choctaw removals while in Memphis, Tennessee in 1831,
  • The creek finalized

    The creek finalized a removal agreement in 1932..
  • Cherokee were divided and despodent.

    By 1835 the Cherokee were divided and despondent. Most supported Principal Chief John Ross.
  • President Andrew

    1836 , president Andrew Jackson ordered that the ckerokke Nation be move west.
  • Ckerokke Indian

    In 1838. Army teom rounded up some 15,00 cherokee Indian.
  • The cherokee

    In 1838, the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from their lands in the Southeastern United States to the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in the Western United States, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 4,000 Cherokees.[
  • the U.S goverment.

    the  U.S goverment.
    in 1842. The U.S. government is estimated to have spent about $20,000,000 on the war, at the time an astronomical sum, and equal to $481,655,172 today.
  • U.S congress

    In 1987 the U.S congress desingned the Trail of tears as a National Historic trail in memory of those who suffered and died during remover.