Indian Removal Act

Officials from Georgia as well as Cherokee Native Americans signed a treaty in Hopewell, Georgia, that began the dispossession of Indian land. The treaty created boundaries on the hunting ground of the Indians and also set limitations to the lands that were significant to their culture.

The U.S. Government and the Cherokee again signed a treaty which further set boundaries and stole Cherokee land rights on non-hunting grounds. This allowed settlers the access to a road that passed through the lands which belonged to the Cherokee. The treaty was officially proclaimed on the 7th of February, 1792.

An agreement was made between the federal government and the state government of Georgia, where the federal government agreed to remove Cherokees and their land title from the state, in return for land rights to specific western lands. The U.S. paid Georgia a total of 1.25 million dollars for this agreement.

Beginning in 1805 and ending in 1833, eight lotteries were held in Georgia, in order to distribute former traditional Cherokee lands.

Andrew Jackson, an American soldier and statesman, led a military action against the Creek tribe people who lived in the south-eastern of the U.S. state, and forced them to sign a treaty that surrendered over half of their land.

In attempt to put a stop to their constant loss of land, the Cherokee developed a new government in 1817, that was based on the model of the United States.

James Monroe, the 5th U.S. president, designed a rather benign act that provided education as well as other services to the Native Indians, however, also encouraged the Indians to change their cultural traditions and follow the White ways of behaviour and learning.

This treaty voluntarily provided incentives to the Cherokee people who were walking to the west, including compensation for lost property and supplies during the time period of the settlement.

On the 20th of December 1828, the state legislature of Georgia stripped away the legal rights of the Cherokee in attempt to make them completely leave the state.

Created by the federal government and the state government of Georgia, the purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to exchange the east lands of Mississippi for the west. The government payed for any of the money required for this migration.