The Indian Removal Act of 1830

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830

• Presented By
• Jonathan
• Amanda
• Sarah
• Steven
• Dan M.

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Geography of this Area

• This area included 1,881miles north to south and
  860 miles east to west.
• The top is how it looked before the Europeans
  came. The bottom one is after the Revolutionary
  War.
• The average low temperature was 54 degrees
• It was mountainous, it has a plateau, has a
  valley area, and contains a plain.

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The Trail of Tears

• There were many people supporting his approval.
• The Trail of Tears was located in Georgia.
• The tribes that were involved in this were
  located in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
  Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and
  Kentucky.

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The Indian Removal Act was

• A period of forcible removal first started with
  the Cherokee Indians in the state of Georgia. In
  1802, the Georgia Legislature signed a compact
  giving the federal governments all of her claims
  to western lands in exchange for the governments
  pledge to extinguish all Indian titles to land
  within the state.
• The Cherokee Indian tribes had a substantial part
  of land in Georgia that they had for many
  generations though. They were worried about
  losing their land so they forced the issue by
  adopting a written constitution. This document
  proclaimed that the Cherokee nation had complete
  jurisdiction over its own territory.
• He suggested that laws be past so that the
  Indians would have to move west of the
  Mississippi River.

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The Trail of Tears II

• Within 10 years of the Indian Removal Act, more
  than 70,000 Indians had moved across the
  Mississippi. Many Indians died on this journey.
• The term Trails of Tears was given to the
  period of ten years in which over 70,000 Indians
  had to give up their homes and move to certain
  areas assigned to tribes in Oklahoma.
• The tribes were given a right to all of Oklahoma
  except the Panhandle.
• Unfortunately, the land that they were given only
  lasted till about 1906 and they were forced to
  move to other reservations. Many people died on
  this journey. The tribes walked all day and had
  very little rest.
• The Cherokee, Chicksaw, Choctaw, Creek, and
  Seminole Indians were all affected.

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Andrew Jackson

• The Indian Removal Act happened on May 26, 1830.
• Surprisingly Andrew Jackson the 7TH president was
  for this law.
• He said the Native Americans should be moved for
  their own good.

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Weapons of the Cherokee

• Some of the weapons they used were the tomahawk,
  bow and arrow, axes, and knives also widdled
  sticks .
• They used the weapons for war, battles and
  hunting.
• They hunted deer, elk, duck, bear, birds,
  rabbits, frog , wolves and coyotes.
• Other tribes used these weapons because they
  refused to give up their land.
• The most famous was The 3 Semenole wars before
  and during the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

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CREDITS!!!!!!!

• SPECIAL THANKS to .
• Mrs. Sottnik
• Mrs. Lucchesi
• Mrs. OHara
• References
• www.studyworld.com/
• www.cherokeehistory.com
• www.members.tripod.com/tomahawks-r-tatca/id51.h
  tm
• http//www.rootsweb.com/itcherok/map/map.htm
• http//www.catawba.k12.nc.us/techtrac/plus/tayl
  or/outline.htm
• The Trail Of Tears by Micheal Burgan
• The Relocation of the North American Indian By
  John Dunn