The Factors that led to the 'Trail of Tears' and the Growth of Georgia
The Dahlonega Gold Rush was in 1828, when gold was found in the area of the Native Americans. Soon, more and more of the gold was found in the state, and the Europeans became greedy, and that was one factor that led to the "Trail Of Tears." Alexander Mcgilivray had a native American mother and a European father. So, he was to side with the Native Americans and the Europeans when they were being forced to get out of their land. He thought that the land belonged to the Creeks, and in the end, was able to negotiate that there was protected land for the Creeks in Florida. John Ross became he chief in 1827, and he sided with the Cherokees, when they were being forced out of their homes. He fought until 1838, when it was seen there wasn't a possible way to fight for much longer, Ross made a successful agreement with U.S. Senate. In the 1830's, about 125,000 Native Americans lived everywhere in Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida; where their ancestors had lived before. But because of white settlers that took over their land, and made them walk thousands of miles to their land that was reserved for them. Because of the deaths during this deadly and sad journey, it is called the trail of tears. President Andrew Jackson was the president before Van Buren, and he moved many of the Cherokees out of their land to Arkansas, where they had to walk on foot. The president after Jackson, Martin Van Buren, sent Officer Winfield Scott and his army to get rid of all the Native Americans in the area. Sequoyah was a very heroic person to the Cherokees, because he was the man who created their alphabet. He showed it to the Cherokee council, and they quickly caught on. Then afterwards, he taught other people, and passed away in the year of 1843.