The Trail of Tears

By JNHaddix

  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    This law authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands.
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    Trail of Tears

  • Removal of Choctaw from Land

    Removal of Choctaw from Land
    First indian nation to take the trail of tears and the one that all other native removals would be modeled after.

  • Creek War and Forcible Removal from Land

    Creek War and Forcible Removal from Land
    Most Creek indians left peaceably, a few spats of violence between Creek and white settlers were labeled the "Creek War".

  • Seminole Resistance

    Seminole Resistance
    Many memebers of the Seminole nation resisted the US government. Warfare broke out between the two sides, with the out numbered and out gunned Seminoles relying on guerilla warfare. Eventual, the US government beat the Seminoles into submission.

  • Chickasaw Removal from Land

    Chickasaw Removal from Land
    Uniquely, the Chickasaw exchanged there native land for financially compensation from the US government. They were paid the equivalent of $11,382,152 in modern currency.

  • Forcible Removal of Cherokee from Land

    Forcible Removal of Cherokee from Land
    Cherokee Petition of Protest Of the approximately 16,000 Cherokee who began the Westward migration, between 2,000-6,000 perished before reaching their destination.