Table of Contents
- 1 Why did the Georgia settlers put pressure on the Cherokee Indians?
- 2 What was discovered in Georgia that caused the Cherokees to be removed from their land?
- 3 What was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia?
- 4 How did Cherokees resist removal?
- 5 Where in Georgia was gold discovered?
- 6 What happened to the Cherokee who mined gold on Cherokee land?
Why did the Georgia settlers put pressure on the Cherokee Indians?
Hopeful gold speculators began trespassing on Cherokee lands, and pressure began to mount on the Georgia government to fulfill the promises of the Compact of 1802. When Georgia moved to extend state laws over Cherokee tribal lands in 1830, the matter went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
What was discovered in Georgia that caused the Cherokees to be removed from their land?
The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
What was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia?
In the late 1820s, gold was discovered on Cherokee land. People from the neighboring state of Georgia wanted that gold. Georgia passed laws that took away Cherokee rights and started giving away Cherokee land to Georgians.
What events led to the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia?
Soon after thousands of gold miners began insisting on Cherokee land and began to settle there without permission. For two decades gold was plentiful around Dahlonega, but when gold was found in California, thousands of Americans went out west. remove the Cherokee from Georgia. They were forced to march to Oklahoma.
How many Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears?
4,000
It is estimated that of the approximately 16,000 Cherokee who were removed between 1836 and 1839, about 4,000 perished. At the time of first contacts with Europeans, Cherokee Territory extended from the Ohio River south into east Tennessee.
How did Cherokees resist removal?
Cherokee attempts at resisting the removal by the United States included creating a formal Cherokee constitution, negotiating the Treat of 1819, and proceeding with legal action within the Supreme Court. These actions proved futile when Andrew Jackson was elected President and forcibly removed them for their land.
Where in Georgia was gold discovered?
Dahlonega
Gold was first discovered in the Dahlonega area in 1828, twenty years before the Gold Rush to California. When it was discovered it was completely by accident – when a deer hunter, Benjamin Parks, tripped over a rock 2 ½ miles south of what is now Dahlonega. He got to looking at it and it was full of gold.
What happened to the Cherokee who mined gold on Cherokee land?
True to history, the indigenous population in California was decimated by the effects of the mining. They fell victim to diseases brought by the miners, as well as starvation due to the new competition for food sources and pollution of the water which killed fish and other livestock.
Why did the Creek and Cherokee leave Georgia?
Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River.
Why were the creek removed from Georgia?
The Creek Indians, who had always been excellent farmers, adapted quickly to a cotton-based economy. But American settlers wanted the land for themselves and saw the Creek Indians as obstacles to “progress.” Pressure increased on the federal government to remove all Indians to areas west of the Mississippi River.