Indian Removal

Background

Constitution

Sovereign nations until 1870s

Land secession of the 1820s

200 million acres

James Monroe

All Indians moved west of Mississippi

Georgia

Creek Nation

1826 Creek ceded all but a small strip

Governor George Troup

Georgia increased demands

John Q. Adams

Threatened to use force

Cherokees

Economics

Government

Demographics

George demanded 7,200 square miles

In 1822 Congress appropriated money to buy land.

Georgia annulled the Cherokee constitution

John Ross

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

Worcester v. Georgia

Removal Act of 1830

Trial of Tears