The Trail of Tears: Forced Relocation of Native Americans

🔁The British Proclamation of 1763 granted the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River to Native Americans, but white settlers flooded their lands after the Revolution.

🏞️New treaties promised money, supplies, and protection to tribes that moved west, but some tribes resisted and reshaped their society towards the Euro-American model.

📜Georgia in the 1820s tried to force the Cherokee out of the state, despite their adoption of white American practices and the declaration of themselves as a constitutional republic.

💔President Andrew Jackson viewed Native Americans as inferior and believed peaceful coexistence was impossible. He advocated for the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to bring all land under state control.

🚂The Cherokee removal was enforced in 1838, with military troops removing thousands of Cherokee from their homes. The journey, known as the Trail of Tears, resulted in the deaths of thousands.

What was the British Proclamation of 1763?

—The British Proclamation of 1763 granted Native Americans the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, protecting it from white settlers.

What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

—The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a law passed by President Andrew Jackson that allowed the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands to make way for white settlement.

What was the Trail of Tears?

—The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. Thousands of Native Americans died during this treacherous journey.

How did President Andrew Jackson view Native Americans?

—President Andrew Jackson viewed Native Americans as inferior and believed that peaceful coexistence with them was impossible. He advocated for their removal from their lands through the Indian Removal Act.

Which tribes were affected by the Trail of Tears?

—The Trail of Tears affected various tribes, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole. These tribes were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands and relocated to the Indian Territory.

00:00The British Proclamation of 1763 granted the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River to Native Americans.

00:30White settlers flooded Native American lands following the American Revolution, disregarding the British Proclamation.

01:30New treaties promised money, supplies, and protection to tribes that moved west, but some tribes resisted and reshaped their society towards the Euro-American model.

04:30Georgia tried to force the Cherokee out of the state, despite their adoption of white American practices and declaring themselves a constitutional republic.

06:45President Andrew Jackson viewed Native Americans as inferior and believed peaceful coexistence was impossible.