TRAIL OF TEARS

INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF1830

• Passed by Andrew Jackson
• Native American tribes moved from their land to the west
• Non-natives were eager to claim the "new land"
• The five civilized tribes and many christians protested

THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES

• Seminole - Florida, Oklahoma
• Cherokee - Georgia, North and South Carolina
• Chickasaw - Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
• Choctaw - Mississippi, Alabama
• Creek - Georgia, Florida, S. Carolina, Alabama

PROTESTS

• Some tribes tried to use the law keep their land
• Over 1600 signed petitions against the seizing of their land
• The natives were ignored and forced out anyway
• They were forced to march over 1,200 miles
• Their homes were abandoned, and were often looted by white settlers

ON THE TRAIL

• Whooping cough, typhus, and many other illnesses
• They faced starvation and dehydration
• Almost 5000 native americans died as a result of their journey
• Once they reached the west, they had to build their lives from scratch

AFTERMATH

• By 1837, 46,000 Native Americans had been removed from their land
• 25 million acres of land was left to be claimed by white settlers
• The land was mainly used as cotton plantations
• The natives were promised the land they settled on after relocating
• When it was signed as a state, the Native Americans land was gone forever

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