looking for new farming land. Sadly, they were displaced in a merciless manner from the land that they had called their home for so many years. This journey of their brutal removal is what came to be known as the Trail of Tears. This paper shall focus on the effect that the Trail of Tears had on the Cherokee Indians. It will explain about their lives before the displacement, the displacement process and the horrible journey they were forced to embark on as they traveled to settle in a new location
Trail of tears was one of a few courses along which different tribes relocated on their constrained evacuation to reservations west of mississippi. This move was a struggle for native americans because they were forced from their land and moved to somewhere un-familar to them. Relocation from the first Cherokee Nation started in the mid 1800's. A few Cherokees, careful about white infringement, moved west all alone and settled in different ranges of the nation. A gathering known as
Have you ever wondered how it feels to be on the trail of tears? Well it's horrible. Being on the trail of tears is like going to war. Before the trail of tears it was amazing, during the trail of tears it was abominable, and then after it was even worse. I was sent on the trail of tears. Before the trail of tears my family and I were happy and my fellow cherokee had their land in Georgia. We were very organized and civilized, meaning that we had our own Constitution, we had Christianity, we have
destroyed. It was the Native American who suffered most from Andrew Jackson's vision of America. With all this in mind the Indian Removal act was inhuman and in no doubt it should've been done differently. This journey of the removal was called the Trail of Tears, and this paper will show the effect it had on the Cherokee. The native people of the North America lived for hundreds of years in peace. However, in 1540 the everyday lives of the Native Americans came to an alarming halt. It was
“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race.” -― Martin Luther King Jr. The Trail of Tears is a historical title given to an event that happened in 1838.In this event, the Cherokee community of Native Americans was forced by the USA government to move from their native home in the Southern part of the contemporary America to what is known as the Indian territories of Oklahoma. While some travelled by water, most
Trail of Tears Within United States History, there has been some horrible discrimination upon certain races of people. At the trail of tears native Americans were persecuted against heavily. Until 1828 the federal government had Cherokee rights to their land and in that same year Andrew Jackson was elected president and this all ended. On September 15, 1830, at Little Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Chiefs of tribes and representatives of the United States met to discuss a bill recently passed by the
the Trail of Tears was a miserable experience that Native Americans were forced to endure, there is one white man who shines with his kindness and good deeds. The name John Burnett may be unfamiliar to many people today, but it was quite well known to the Native Americans who endured the pain and suffering on the Trail of Tears. Burnett was an charitable man who led a life of kindness, and accompanying the Cherokee Indians who were removed from their lifelong homes in 1838. The Trail of Tears was
Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears is a name given to the Cleansing and forced relocation of Native American nations from Southeastern parts of United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The phrase originated from a description of removal of the Choctaw Nation in 1831. We Cherokee Indians have lived in our lands for centuries. The white setters forcefully came into our world and had an eye on our land to grow cotton and other crops. First they wanted to “civilize” us and “save our
the Trail of Tears (“Two Accounts of the Trail of Tears”). The Trail of Tears was a tragic event, but was unavoidable due to the circumstances of the time. Many factors preceding the Trail of Tears have been proven to be catalyst for the tragic event. The Trail of Tears was when the United States Army forced the Cherokee indians from their home and made them move west of the Mississippi. There were people who were for the Trail of Tears and those who were not. Some factors which made the Trail of
Berry, Christina. "The Trail of Tears - All Things Cherokee." All Things Cherokee. Cherokee Nation, 01 May 2001. Web. 05 June 2015. • Summary: The point of this article is to cover life for the Cherokees prior to Andrew Jackson becoming president and their subsequent removal from their homes and land. The article includes detail on the fact that the Cherokee were actually forcibly removed, at gunpoint in some cases, five days before the deadline which gave them very little time to get their personal