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THE TRAIL OF TEARS
Name: Adela A. Castillo T.
MISS: Vanessa Chavez
SUBJECT: History
SCHOOL: “abs”
GRADE: 8TH
SECTION: “a”
DATE: 10/05/2012
Introduction
The Trail ofTears involved the removal of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in Southeast America. The "Five Civilized Tribes" is the Cherokee, the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, the Creek, and the Seminole Indians.
These tribeshad many consequences and problems through that trail.
Content
The Trail of Tears is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native Americannations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations,among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma). The phrase originated from a description of the removal of theChoctaw Nation in 1831.Many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease and starvation en route to their destinations. Many died, including 4,000 of the 15,000 relocated Cherokee.
In 1831, theCherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Seminole (sometimes collectively referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes) were living as autonomous nations in what would be called the American DeepSouth. The process of cultural transformation (proposed by George Washington and Henry Knox) was gaining momentum, especially among the Cherokee and Choctaw. Andrew Jackson continued and renewed thepolitical and military effort for the removal of the Native Americans from these lands with the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they becamethe model for all other removals. After the Choctaw, the Seminole were removed in 1832, the Creek in 1834, then the Chickasaw in 1837, and finally the Cherokee in 1838. After removal, some Native...
Name: Adela A. Castillo T.
MISS: Vanessa Chavez
SUBJECT: History
SCHOOL: “abs”
GRADE: 8TH
SECTION: “a”
DATE: 10/05/2012
Introduction
The Trail ofTears involved the removal of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in Southeast America. The "Five Civilized Tribes" is the Cherokee, the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, the Creek, and the Seminole Indians.
These tribeshad many consequences and problems through that trail.
Content
The Trail of Tears is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native Americannations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations,among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma). The phrase originated from a description of the removal of theChoctaw Nation in 1831.Many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease and starvation en route to their destinations. Many died, including 4,000 of the 15,000 relocated Cherokee.
In 1831, theCherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Seminole (sometimes collectively referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes) were living as autonomous nations in what would be called the American DeepSouth. The process of cultural transformation (proposed by George Washington and Henry Knox) was gaining momentum, especially among the Cherokee and Choctaw. Andrew Jackson continued and renewed thepolitical and military effort for the removal of the Native Americans from these lands with the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they becamethe model for all other removals. After the Choctaw, the Seminole were removed in 1832, the Creek in 1834, then the Chickasaw in 1837, and finally the Cherokee in 1838. After removal, some Native...
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