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6 pages in length.
This paper examines the sad travesty of the Cherokee Trail of
Tears march due to western expansion from 1815-1840. The
historical treatment of the Cherokee is reviewed. Bibliography
lists 4 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_JGAwstrn.doc
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ultimately brought down the Cherokee Nation. In retelling the tale time and time again, various and minute details have been modified throughout the decades; however, the primary factor remains
clear: the Cherokee Indians were forced to fight with blood, sweat and tears in order to uphold their dignity as "The Principal People" (Bixler JQ05). The event that took
place in North Georgia, ultimately to be known as the Trail of Tears, sheds considerable light on how the Cherokee were treated with severe disrespect and manipulation by the United
States, whose goal it was to settle upon the Indians territory. This western expansion is something that could not then and cannot now be justified by the United States
Constitution. It was in 1825 when the Cherokee Nation formed a representative style of government that was actually based on the federal government of the United States. The Cherokees adopted
a constitution based on the U.S. Constitution. It was during the so-called western expansion that the United States settlers moved their way into Cherokee regions, eventually and forcibly moving them
off their own homeland. The Cherokee Indians inhabited the region after the Creek Indians before them, finally naming the North Georgian hills as home in the seventeen hundreds.
It was then that a constant infiltration of European settlers were making their way onto the territory in their quest to move inland. Through a series of treaties, the settlers
obtain various parcels of land from the Cherokees, however, it was not through voluntary means that this exchange occurred. "Land cessions called treaties were forced on the Cherokee under
protest and on the most solemn assurances that no further demands would be made. White intruders called borderers continued moving into Cherokee territory, refusing to move and waiting for
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